Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

6 reviews

ellavlind's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? N/A

4.75

De ända problemet jag har med boken är att den påminner så mycket om andra som hunger games och nånstans Shatter me. Har också hört att den ska va extremt lik red Queen men har inte läst. 
Men de hindra mig inte från att ge den många stjärnor för asså jag älskade hur de prata med varan, hur det alltid hände nått och vad som hände. Gillar dehär med trials och sånt och asså tensionen mellan Paeydn och Kai…. Don’t get me started. 100% kär i Kai. Tror största anledningen till att jag ger den så många stjärnor är för Kai hahah. Grät när Adena dog och att de hade brutit hennes fingrar… usch. Gillade alla trial moment men tyckte nog om den första mest men de är nog bara för att man fick så mycket av Pae och Kai. Blandade känslor kring Kitt i slutet, vet inte riktigt vad jag ska tro men han börjar bli mer som sin pappa är ju tydligt. Så bra plot twist att stackars mini Kai va den som döda Pae’s pappa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

hellfiremoon8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This book.. wow I absolutely loved this- the characters are so well written I loved being able to read all their inner thoughts a proper enemies to loves but not quite lovers they didn’t even get to kiss but the deaths omg they were devastating. High recommend reading. The only thing that grated on me was the constant nicknames every couple of sentences when Kai and Payden were talking. Now I’m all for nicknames I loved him calling her Darling but the constant of calling each other by the last name was just way too frequent like every other sentence between them. Other than that it was fantastic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

danielle_lepp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense 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? Yes

5.0

i get the hype, i loved this. perfect blend of magic, fantasy, romance & tragedy.
i loved the influence from the hunger games and goblet of fire with the trials. the issues of classism and racism. the TENSION was tantalisingly amazing!! i CANNOT wait until july for the second book!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

sebradley29's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ashie_kate's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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

5.0

i am absolutely in love with kai and am so interested to see what happens in the next book to see how the brothers and paedyns relationship will change now 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: War