Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Euforia by Lily King

10 reviews

jigsymd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

imds's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

alinabkl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

cmbohn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Incest, Racial slurs, and War

chameleonhound's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Brutal overtones, though set long enough ago that some are less surprising, I suppose? Offers a thoughtful look at anthropology in the 1930s though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, and Death of parent

chrisiant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

madelines_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

I have complicated feelings towards this book. I would warn anyone that the book starts out (and continues to be) EXTREMELY SLOW... personally, were I not on a road trip I would have stopped reading. At first, I wondered if it was too much in my wheelhouse. I have found that it is actually a good book, but only when one finishes it. It is at the end when things come together, and the reader has an "aha!" moment, where things they hadn't noticed before become all they can think about.

I personally loved the attention to the impossibility of knowing a person, like the challenges anthropologists face in knowing a culture. when you finish the book, readers may realize they don't know the three characters they have spent so much time with. Moreover, though it was a more obvious theme, i did think it was important that the poor ethics/darkside of anthropology in this era was highlighted. While i was extremely frustrated at this book spent so much time on the three westerners, treating the Native New Guineans as set pieces, I have taken that to be a comment on Anthropology during that era (that much research was not really an effort to better know the cultures being studied, but to promote the white anthropologist "interpreting" the culture). Though the book was a monster to get through if you enjoy a book with plot, movement, etc., once the book ends everything falls together, and the book was suddenly worth the time spent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

hanahf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.5

Beautifully written and wonderful details that transport you to New Guinea. The plot moved a bit slowly then everything settles all at once. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

francestea's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Definitely an interesting read but I found it hard to connect with the characters (perhaps due to listening to the audiobook).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, and Cannibalism