Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by MJ Wassmer

19 reviews

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

znvisser's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was in the mood for something fun, and a comedic apocalypse weirdly fit the bill. In this story, a group of holiday resort guest are pre-apocalyptically segregated in different buildings and it sets the tone for how the drama is going down: not so bad for the rich people, not so great for anyone else. And from there, it’s all just a slippery slope.

Despite the fun I had, this was clearly written by a man, because the only prominent woman character was flat; somehow the personality of the person our MC is on a holiday with, his life partner, is outshined by several random guys on the resort (but at least she’s stunning, beautiful, etc right?). Luckily, Dan and Mara worked on their chemistry as the story went on, and that definitely helped relieve some of my annoyance on this part. In a similar vein tho, Alan’s husband Charles was categorised as a “wifey” and on that front the stereotypes and heteronormativity dripped off the pages. 

So let’s just say this succeeded more in plot than it did in characters, and although I will always prefer it the other way around, I did enjoy this read. The pacing wasn’t perfect (there was a lot of going around in circles on what to do and the violence escalated quickly), but the story comes together like a puzzle and it was definitely entertaining - the satire was funny!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Religious bigotry

stephy92's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Classism

kristynpittman's review against another edition

4.25

funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Murder, Classism

grifflelambert's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Blood

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Funny, vacation, apocalypse book, those descriptions don’t normally all go together but that’s exactly what this book is. I loved the warped sense of humor mixed in with an excellent description of humanity at its worst. I highly recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

m_a_j's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence

Moderate: Classism

lrn22's review against another edition

4.0

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Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book. 

This book was so much fun. The entire cast of characters felt like real people and the book was both hilarious and heart wrenching. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism