Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

3 reviews

liaandersson's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Islamophobia, Violence, Classism, Grief, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Dementia, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Medical content, Mental illness, Gore, and Hate crime

Minor: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Abortion, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Pedophilia

oddreads_nicolestins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book.
In-depth review: https://oddreads.substack.com/p/full-book-review-a-suitable-boy-by

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Stalking, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Grief, Sexism, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Incest, Hate crime, and Islamophobia

Minor: Transphobia, Xenophobia, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship

sherbertwells's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

Four families in the fictional Indian city of Brahmpur juggle familial expectations, post-partition politics, and their own desires in the search for suitable matches. After spending 1350 pages with Seth’s sparkling, multifaceted characters, I cannot help but long for a few more pages.

“Every man’s love life is interesting. If he doesn’t have one that’s interesting. If he has one, that’s interesting. And if he has two, that’s twice as interesting” (516)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Violence, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Suicide, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation