Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman

14 reviews

rainstar's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Violence, and Racial slurs

polygrapheyes's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Sexual violence

atomicyonic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

I wish Frank was a bit more loathsome. Also he should not have been able to kill Hector.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Racial slurs

Racial slurs were used in period appropriate context.

la_libreria_chula's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

While there is werewolves, they don't appear until the end. Something about the writing I didn't like, the characters seemed bland to me. And honestly, some of the stuff in the story made me uncomfortable. I rushed to the end and honestly not sure why I finished it. It was a let down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Slavery, and Hate crime

stephanieluxton's review

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Slavery, Racism, Sexual content, Rape, Racial slurs, Infertility, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Gore, Cursing, and Sexual assault

jess2obsess's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, Racism, Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

akmay17's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Overall, I thought this was good book with good enough writing and an interesting premise/plot. 

However, it takes place in the 30s, and the characters certainly speak like it — and by that I mean, they’re racist. Even if that character is not, like, extremely racist, they use the n-word, and there’s at least one anti-Semitic comment as well. These parts were hard to read and, to me, often felt unnecessary even it was “true” to the historic time period. I wanted to mention if that’s just not something you want to be reading. 

There’s also a racist trope presumably unintentionally used—

of a black man preying on/raping a white women—read more about the history of this of you don’t understand this has a racist stereotype/trope

as well as a few other uncomfortable depictions and passages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Gun violence, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual content, Death, Torture, Slavery, Gore, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

kylionsfan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

castamere's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Child death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Slavery

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

magicalrealem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape