Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Street by Ann Petry

26 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Really well written. Keeps you reading even though the pace is slow and the plot extremely depressing. 

There's nothing happy or hopeful about this story, and the layers of oppression and injustice remain virtually unchanged almost a century later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Stalking, Classism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Fatphobia, Slavery, and Animal cruelty

beansprout562's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexism

Moderate: Racism

aldole's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, and Classism

theknitpick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Violence

antonique_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

miqnightrain's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Infidelity

walkie_check's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Death, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Child death, and Trafficking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Bullying, War, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Rape, and Confinement

booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

3.5

I started this book for a class but found that I really enjoyed finishing it outside of the classroom setting. It offers great commentary on racism, survival, capitalism, and the darker side of the American Dream. This book had some very enlightening points about the oppression of POC and impoverished people, as well as how those two points correlate. It's a book that still holds relevance in our society today and is worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

brittburkard's review

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Physical abuse, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Abandonment

jwells's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

In her introduction to my edition, Tayari Jones says that The Street has elements of pulp crime fiction. I'm not sure if she meant it as a compliment - possibly as a neutral observation - but it might help explain how this book can be so unrelentingly grim, but at the same time, so hard to put down. I got swept up in Petry's storytelling, so that every time I looked up from the book, I was surprised (and relieved) to see my own life around me instead of Lutie's. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Violence and Animal cruelty

N-word used, when quoting racist white people