Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Retour à Brideshead by Evelyn Waugh

17 reviews

maria89's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

emjbarnes's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Parts of this book were very difficult to follow. Long sentences just keep extending and sometimes lost my focus. The content and ideas were interesting, but the second half was much less engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Miscarriage and War

renorsomethin's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

alli's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs

kit_carmichael's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and War

leahfigiel's review against another edition

reflective relaxing 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

eli_jw's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

I can see why this book is held as a classic, but for me it had just about everything I hate in a novel. I finished it but I greatly considered not doing so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Infidelity, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Terminal illness, War, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

autiquarian's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

I felt that this was a perfectly entertaining book, well-written too, but just cannot understand why it’s labelled by critics as ‘the Oxford novel’; I fortunately did not read it expecting a campus novel, but if you are I would put it aside unless you also enjoy the novel’s other, more prevalent, themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: War

Minor: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

nohousekey's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: War

sophiemundy13's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.25

bit exciting in the middle

an affair (!!)

but the rest of it was just a bit of a slog, but i guess i'm glad i read it?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Minor: Suicide