Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

47 reviews

lazypotatobean's review

funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

As a person who has no interest in designer things. It was kinda hard for me to digest everything. It was so different from the movie, but this book gives more depth understanding to every character than the movie. So it was kinda okay. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Violence

lucymoosie's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic relationship

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

I have a lot to say. Not a fan of the writing style. Or Nicks grandma and mother Eleanor.

When she was talking about Rachel not being good enough it reminded me so much of my mother.

The only normal person in that was Phillip young, nicks father. Idk just wow. I love Rachel and her mom’s relationship. I understand why she did what she did. Amazing. Kinda drawn out, like half of it was chicks talking about wealth and money and how much stuff they had. I didn’t hate Michael because he was also the only normal guy

but the way he reacted towards wealth, but come on man that was a coward move. Anything else would be better.

I mean it’s Astrid, me too man. Makes sense why Charlie is still head over heals for her, because same. And Colin was normal also. I love how genuinely tired he is (even if it’s like depression) there wasn’t really a lot of mental health issues present in it. So I’m glad we got a little of that in it. Bernard is a complete dick.  Fuck him. So overall I loved it, even though it was confusing to follow. I will not remember most of their names finishing the rest of the trilogy though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

pipermd's review

fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Racial slurs

s_pywow's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

lovemusicreplay's review

relaxing medium-paced

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

Very much like the movie, although I did prefer the ending in the book. This book focuses on the legacy of the large Shang-Young family, so if you find it hard to keep up with several characters this one might be one to avoid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

aseel_reads's review

funny fast-paced

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

2.0

my favourite thing about this was seeing rich east asians flaunt their money, that was it. the plot was meh, very predictable and the ending was so vague. there was no growth of characters and the main characters were very flat. i also didn't like the use of a lot of racial slurs and the term exotic used to describe good looking asian people, felt creepy 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcohol

forestgreen101's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

quirkyhelma's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

It’s a funny book, but there are some parts where reactions are missing. A lighthearted book. Would recommend 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism