Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco

23 reviews

tahsintries's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Racism, and Colonisation

smpeeden's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Racial slurs

modernmatilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Sacrifice is a solid 4/5 star book that perfectly fits into my very-specific-sub-genre of "creepy flowers and trees on the cover". The horror of this book is incredible and I had to read it with my back against the wall so I knew nothing would sneak up on me. The ending was a WILD ride and I loved the ride. Having a nonbinary Filipino character was lovely. My two hold-ups for not giving this book five stars are:
1. The horror was fantastic, but there was too much repetition, too much of the same events happening over and over. This dulled the scare-factor for me as I became acclimated to experiencing the same moments over and over. I think there could have been a little more variety of events. 
2. The romance felt rushed and forced into the book. The same emotional reaction could have been achieved with a platonic friendship.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, Addiction, Animal death, Grief, Colonisation, Racism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Minor: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse