Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

19 reviews

amanda_reads89's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, and Racism

tamsterdam_reads's review against another edition

challenging informative lighthearted fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Cursing, and Racism

anafuentes's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Classism

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Colonisation

aharper's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Infidelity, Bullying, Classism, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

This was an entertaining read. I admit that going in i had expected something more substantive, but i think the story was well executed for what it was trying to do. i veered between sympathy and disgust for the pov characters throughout the book and thought the message the author was trying to convey was well illustrated. It didn’t get as deep into some of the issues addressed in the book as i would have liked, and the way conflict resolved themselves was not as satisfying as i would have liked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Death, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

sjwin3's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Racism

kdailyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Drug use, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Classism, Racism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Bullying

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Fatphobia

courtneyer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Death

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I love a story about rich people. That said, I think the characterisation gets lost in the author's (earnest!) effort to make a point. I found myself comparing it to Christopher Beha's The Index of Self-Destructive Acts and craving more of the nuance Beha strikes there.

But as I said: sometimes simply reading about the lives of the ultra-wealthy is very fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Infidelity, Classism, and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Bullying, Classism, Drug abuse, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship