Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin

28 reviews

daisy__eliza's review against another edition

5.0

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Hands down the best book I've read in a long time. Each character is clearcut and Marsh is a character that you can't help but root for. Sour Billy is so evil that it makes the book thrilling and you can't help but adore Marsh's devotion to his boat, like a lover, even when times get hard. The epilougue is short, sweet and beautiful. One of the best books i've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism

saffic's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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 Disclaimer, I read this book after being recommended it as a branching off point from GRRM's non-ASOIAF books.

The first half of this book... was tough to get through for many reasons, but I'm only going to go into one. I have never hated a character more than I hated Sour Billy Tipton. Nor Joffrey, nor Ramsay (maybe Ramsay), nor Craster could rise such vitriolic anger I felt towards Sour Billy.

His death was the most cathartic thing to have ever happened to me.

It is purely because we are never in any of those characters' heads the way we are with Sour Billy.

The second half pleasantly surprised me. I think one of my biggest complaints is how a lot of the female characters are just non-characters. Like if you remove Valerie from the story, I don't think much would change.

Book good.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Murder

Moderate: Gore, Rape

Minor: Infertility, Cannibalism

The majority of this book takes place pre-Civil War America, so expect everything that comes with that. The main character starts the book thinking abolitionists are weirdos, but

later on he realizes slavery is awful and becomes a huge abolitionist.

I tagged misogyny for a few instances in the book itself, but also for meta reasons. As stated in my review, the female characters are barely characters with no ambitions outside of the male characters.

parker_ttu's review against another edition

4.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

akmay17's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism

Minor: Rape, Cannibalism

paltrygeist's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-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

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This is a wonderful book of rich, kind characters in a world that makes people cruel. It reads with the same steady pace as the river steamboats it is about and the epilogue was so touching it made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery

Minor: Cannibalism

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

athenium's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Lots of boat talk. Gets good towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

cloud_reads's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism

zone_a3's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful mysterious tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Blood

Minor: Slavery, Cannibalism

nice_frogboy's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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i don't know what you're expecting from a George R. R. Martin book written in 1982, but expect liberal use of the N-word, and a long, meandering plot that - much like the Mississippi river - contains many twists and turns that unnecessarily delay your arrival, ultimately dumping you out somewhere you didn't want to be anyway (Louisiana)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Racism, Torture, Cannibalism