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Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Classism
Moderate: Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship
The linguistics nerd in me was drawn to this book but the victim of religious trauma found a bit of healing.
I highly recommend.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
not usually the type of book i pick up (i didn’t know it was sad ngl) but i feel like i’m going to be thinking about this forever. felt so real and visceral both in the descriptions of how lovely their friendship and oxford was and in the depictions of all the stuff at the end. could not put it down. aauagahhb
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, War
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Classism
i really did like the plot of the book but i just didnt emotionally connect to it like i wanted to.
Robin’s fast attachment to people feels really weird especially since I couldn’t feel the same, especially in his connection with Griffin. When it was like talking about how “it was how Griffin talked” or something like that, i was like… what do u mean? this is our second time meeting griffin… idk him like that
i cant really justify rating lower bc it is well done- its just down to tastes
the day rfkuang trusts her reader enough to really show a story shes gonna be amazing
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation
Minor: Racism, Violence, Murder, War
Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Cultural appropriation
Minor: Drug use
rf kuang really does her research for whatever she writes (i mean, you would expect that from a cambridge and oxford graduate).
ramy is the muslim desi boy representation i needed, and he is written so well. it's the little details that really make the representation so real.
and the plot. it's historical fiction, but is also a metaphor for the present (which is sad, like has nothing changed?). now i'm inspired to start a revolution.
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation
Moderate: Suicide
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation
Moderate: Violence
Graphic: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War