Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris

3 reviews

joviyanna's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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astareads's review

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I've read three different series from Harris, and based on the first part Lily Bard doesn't really stand out. She has the same ridiculous fixation of body hair and constant judgement of other women as Sookie does.

Describing poc by what shade of food/drink their skin was was pretty cringe, and I felt it striking that the first black person mentioned was a trash collector. Yikes. I'll give it some slack since the first publishing was in 1996, but it sure has not aged well.

Not sure if I'm interested to read more, the mystery wasn't that great, although I appreciate that the reader had all the same details as the character did! The chief of police really gave Lily way too much leeway to seem legit.
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wils7501's review

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

3.5

Trigger Warning:  
Detailed description of past brutal sexual assault and mutilation of a character. plus racism and slut shaming
 
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