Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

9 reviews

mo_ber's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, War, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

lovetlr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Child death, Rape, Suicide, Racism, Ableism, Death of parent, War, Violence, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Deportation

jessreadsandrambles's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Racism, and Racial slurs

internetella's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Beautiful and tense book about two sisters going through life together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs

Author specifies that racial slurs are accurate to the time period but in no way condones them.

baby_jewels's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was very good, but also very sad. This is not a cute historical romance, that the cover  portrays. It's a story of hardships, trauma, and the power to keep going. The gold lining of it though was the love Pearl and May had for each other and the power that it gave them.

My heart feels heavy for Pearl and May, even though they're fiction. Even though they were thought up by Lisa See, I know that their life bears resemblance to hundreds of women's life's during that time period. Growing up we are taught about the colonization of China and we are thought about discrimination again various immigrants, but we were never taught what the Chinese immigrants had to go through. This book was eye opening for me, and I'm glad Lisa See through her story is able to bring to peoples attention things that have been forgotten and looked over. 
I think it's definitely a must read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Death

Moderate: War, Miscarriage, Infertility, Racial slurs, and Rape

alyal's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Rape, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs

silverrose187's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, War, Sexual violence, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Child death, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Rape, Suicide, and Blood

snomainu's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Body horror, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

alicelalicon's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia