Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee

19 reviews

storiesatstarfall's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Classism, Xenophobia, Death, and Racism

Minor: Hate crime, Sexism, Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

wrensleyreads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-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'm not a give-5-stars-kind of reviewer, but this one, this gets five stars!  This was the kind of book that as the climax approached, I delayed reading because I didn't want this to come to an end.  

I have a grammatical pet peeve in that the author overused simile like a fish uses water in the early part of the book, but the beauty of story, the power of the characters, and acknowledgment of that this is probably a firmly me-problem, means the 5th star stays!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Abandonment and Alcoholism

janiscox's review

emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Couldnt put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Body horror, Blood, Deportation, Grief, Police brutality, and Violence

courtneyclouts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Bullying, Hate crime, Racism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

scrubsandbooks's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Death

Moderate: Confinement and Sexual assault

tahsintries's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse

quillify_'s review

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

A vision of the shrewd-eyed Reverend Prigg, thundering on about how God saves the righteous, inserts itself into my head. But if that’s truly the case, why are those people—most lowly immigrants just like us—screaming so loud, I swear even the stars pale at the cry?  

 IN TEARS RIGHT NOW OH MY GOD. I’ve always considered Titanic to be one of the biggest, most heartbreaking tragedies of the real world, and the fact that so many people died to favour the rich boils my blood. So to get to know that there were Chinese passengers onboard too, and that their stories were completely erased due to typical white arrogance and racism was another big blow to my heart. I am so glad this book exists as one  answer to that erasure of history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Blood

Much of the events of this novel take place aboard the Titanic, and a good chunk of the novel deals with the events of its 1912 sinking, in which over 1500 people died due to drowning and hypothermia. Some anti-Asian (particularly Chinese and Japanese) racial abuse is directed towards the MC and the other Chinese people aboard the ship, and a major plot point deals with the Chinese Exclusion Act, a racist policy banning Chinese people from entering the United States of America.

r1vana's review

emotional sad

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

3.75

“Life is a balancing act. You could be killed walking down the street, but you don't let that fear stop you. You just practice until the fear is no longer part of the equation.”

I knew that it was a Titanic retelling, but it doesn’t stop me to feel this pain. This is a story about an unconditional love between siblings whether they are blood or not.

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The first half of the book pacing was slow. The story picks up around when the Titanic gets hit by the iceberg.
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The ending kills me. Both twins were meant to survive but since the boat only has one seat,  Valora sacrifice herself to save her twin brother Jamie. I genuinely taught that Val was gonna survive.
She could’ve have her dream come true: being part of a circus, in NYC and maybe be with  Bo, her short lived love story or even reunite and live with Jamie.

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TW: xenophobia; racism; racial slurs; death of a parent(s); death; grief; survival  guilt

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Death, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

rhm04's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Confinement, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault