Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

14 reviews

ariizolas's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

3.25

we love weird horror in this household. made me feel terrible about putting on my moisturizer though. 

ill do it if it eventually turns me into a sexless amorphous blob  too

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

clara_mai's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Rape, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Bullying, and Classism

mermaidsherbet's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Gaslighting, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

Minor: Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Animal death, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Classism, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Stalking, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

jordan21's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I dont usually go for sci fi, dystopian storylines but this book pulled me into its world and kept my interest until the very end. A bizarrely profound narrative criticizing capitalism,  body image, racism and unachievable Western Beauty standards. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Body horror

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Cannibalism