Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal

10 reviews

clothildev's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Confinement, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Homophobia, Bullying, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Murder, Racism, and Sexism

crystalisreading's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, Deadnaming, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Child death, Blood, Grief, Violence, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Transphobia

Minor: Deportation

litletters's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Deportation, Classism, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Classism

ukponge's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Transphobia

valerie_roller's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Confinement, and Classism

Moderate: Police brutality, Gun violence, Transphobia, Murder, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Medical content, and Slavery

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

 Now You See Us explores the lives of women working as domestic workers or helpers in Singapore. The story follows three different Filipino women and a significant portion of the plot revolves around their belief that a fellow migrant worker charged with the murder of her employer has been falsely accused. Their investigation into this was a little improbable but I wasn’t unduly bothered. For me the real strength of the book was the way it highlighted the vulnerability of female foreign migrant worker to abuses by employers, agencies and Singaporean society in general. Even good employers overstepped boundaries and created difficulties for their helpers, albeit with kind intentions. I couldn’t help cheering when feisty Donita, who was subject to the worst abuse by her employer, seized an opportunity to have her say and get revenge in a wonderfully public way. This book has much in common with Christy Lefteri’s Songbirds. They’d make a good pairing. There are also a couple of LGBTQ storylines woven into the plot. They are minor but they are definitely more than tokenism, and add to the picture of Singaporean society and to one of the characters especially. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Confinement, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

laurensilva's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

ninjamuse's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Classism, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Grief, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Deadnaming, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness, Deportation, Abortion, and Murder