Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

5 reviews

meganeorcx's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

A solid read with many interesting passages. The storytelling format is pretty creative but it didn't always work for me as it jumped from one thing to another too abruptly. Balram's perspective is pretty great to read and there's as much to agree with as to be sceptical about. The societal criticism is the best part of it all but despite being such a political book, sometimes Balram's biggest enemy seemed to be women. There is a lot of misogyny and in a battle between wanting to read another perspective and my own feminism, the latter definitely wins. The White Tiger doesn't have a particularly loveable narrator but nevertheless, I feel glad I finally read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Sexism, Misogyny, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Racial slurs, and Islamophobia

claddel's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is dark, well written and pretty intense. I don’t know how real the picture of India is, that it draws but it seems realistic. Worth a read, the author is a talented storyteller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racial slurs

sprucy2427's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Thought provoking view of Indian society alongside one man's journey away from his caste. Interesting juxtapositions throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Child death, Classism, and Death

heather_freshparchment's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Classism

innerweststreetlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Well written, darkly funny, and a little depressing. Power corrupts etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty