Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

24 reviews

zoevjester's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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? No

5.0

This is the second time I've read Girls 1. You can tell immediately when your read it that the author poured their heart and soul into the story, and it shows. The diversity is a breath of fresh air, the characters and the story, while dark, is woven and told with such care that my heart breaks. Lei is a brilliant character and her story, so very similar to some people's reality, is a reminder to live despite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Rape, Grief, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Classism, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, War, Kidnapping, Infertility, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

prolinn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Slavery

sma_tsol06's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

3.5

It's interestin  how it connects  several social problems such as misogyny, sexual assault, abuse , bullying etc with the magic of the world and the behavior of the main characters when they deal with these problems 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

imyril's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A very subjective ‘this is fine, it’s all fine’. It’s well executed and easy to read, but I didn’t get a lot out of it and I’m not interested in reading the sequel. 

Objectively, those seeking a tense YA tale of love, prejudice and rebellion will find a lot to enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

evenstr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual assault

bluebari's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, and Classism

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Outing, Blood, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Genocide, and Pregnancy

reading_rainbows's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I got through this book, barely.  Queer content starts a third of the way through and is forbidden. It's forbidden because of misogyny and classism and not homophobia though so yay?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexism, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Confinement, Classism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

ashtree's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense 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: Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Minor: Homophobia

changbinslemonade's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Lesbophobia, War, Torture, Slavery, and Panic attacks/disorders

starlessnights's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment