Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Memorial by Bryan Washington

49 reviews

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Death of parent

peachani's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia and Infidelity

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

gm_vak's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

lena04's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad slow-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, and Grief

bootsmom3's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, and Medical content

mxfahrenheit's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming and Vomit

wai's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is so tender and beautiful and there are not enough words to explain or describe it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Police brutality

gracew's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

It's hard for me to really rate this book because while I didn't hate it, I didn't like it. I don't know if it is that I don't necessarily understand or enjoy stories about forgiving shitty family members or if it is because I don't understand what I'm supposed to get out of this, but it just didn't work for me. Well, this is not entirely true, the 1/3 of the book worked for me and after that I just didn't. I liked the writing style and I liked most of the plot it is just that overall the story doesn't hit for me. I feels like the author had two semi related stories and some extra bits and snitched them all together with various levels of success.  Not a winner from my POV.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thanks to Riverhead Books for the free advance copy of this book. 

✨MINI REVIEW✨ 

What I liked:
📚 The prose is clear and delicate
📚 A close look at the complicated relationships we have with our parents as adults
📚 I've never been to Houston, but I could feel the city in this book
📚 Not all queer relationships are happy and safe, and as painful as Mike and Benson's relationship sometimes was, I'm glad the queer canon is broadening
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What I didn't like:
📚 Speaking of painful relationship, I do wish the characters had acknowledged the mutual abuse a little more directly. It would have been a very different book, then, though
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Content warnings: domestic abuse, cancer, death, racism, homophobia. 📚

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Racism