Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

16 reviews

kiwichill's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Classism, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Misogyny

cdoubet's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Bullying, Body shaming, Classism, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

Minor: Self harm, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, and Car accident

destynee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

As a fan of the movie I’ve always wanted to read the book. To me, it’s just as sweet with more information and insight into the characters. Though I don’t know if I’d put up with Nick and his family…it truly is a romantic book. I wanted Rachel to go off just one good time though but I loved what I read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Cursing

macliffe's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cursing, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

theuncannydani's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Colonisation, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Classism, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Incest, Violence, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Drug use, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Sexual violence, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Stalking, Grief, Fatphobia, and Drug abuse

emilywemily6's review against another edition

funny 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? No

3.5

This book was a mixed bag, but overall I enjoyed it and look forward to reading the rest of the series. First of all, this book is really vulgar- not just in language and the use of racial slurs, but also in descriptions of debauchery. I feel like few of these things added to the story, and the author could have gotten the same points across by writing in a different way. This book touched on so many characters and I feel like I missed out on getting to know the characters more deeply since the story was spread between so many perspectives and storylines. This book read like a soap opera which I think was intentional but also very different than what I am used to reading. The culture of the crazy rich Asians portrayed in the book was so fascinating and I just couldn’t stop reading (like a soap opera lol). It makes me wonder how much of those types of people actually exist and want to do some research. The ending was so unexpected and I enjoyed it, but this book felt like it ended really abruptly. I also felt like a ton of names were dropped that I had no concept of, which makes me wonder if those people are real or not and whether the name dropping was just a literary device the author used to paint a picture of this culture of Asian oligarchy. This is so different than what I usually read, which was refreshing and intriguing and captivating, but definitely a superficial book with some flaws or creative choices that may or may not contribute to the book as a whole.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Cursing, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Car accident

toodeadtoread's review against another edition

I wasn’t in the mood for the racism and sexism and misogyny and classism and etc etc  that I could tell was coming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Infidelity

Minor: Bullying

kibbles15's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted fast-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? Yes

3.0

I have mixed feelings about this book.  The story was cute and engaging.  That being said, I felt there was almost too much character development and the story felt a little bit unfinished. While the two main characters' story wrapped in a somewhat satisfactory matter, the side plot with Astrid did not resolve at all.  I also feel that there was a lot of language and sexual content that did not contribute to the story at all, thus making the story less appealing to me.

Trigger warnings: racism, classism, bullying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

galactic_gigi's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Car accident, Child abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Islamophobia

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: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Racism