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Passing by Nella Larsen

9 reviews

rory18's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infidelity and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Slavery, Suicide, Antisemitism, Murder, Alcohol, and War

It's technically unclear if the character who died was murdered or not.

esther_5's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Xenophobia

booksillremember's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Masterful, loved the complex layering of emotions, themes and social identities. 

It's a gripping story with sapphic undertones, an unreliable narrator and an ambiguous ending. Would love to read the novel from Clare's point of view. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Hate crime and Infidelity

alisylvi's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicide

savleigh3's review against another edition

emotional medium-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: Racism and Sexism

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity

aguattery's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

I had such a hard time getting into it. The plot is mostly pushed along by internal thoughts and it was kind of boring. I will say the ending  was perfect. You knew it was coming but so desperately didn't want it to happen anyway. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

Minor: Sexism

laurareads87's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Set in the 1920s, Passing is a Harlem Renaissance novel following two women, one of whom is passing as white in her everyday life having married a racist white man who doesn't know the full details of her ancestry.  The novel is a short but powerful examination of the complexities of identity, community, gender, and race.  I am grateful my book club chose it, as there is much to discuss -- the novel is ambiguous in many respects, complex, and nuanced.  I appreciated Brit Bennett's introduction, but suggest that any reader unfamiliar with the plot and seeking to avoid spoilers leave reading it until after they've finished the novel.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 - Look, you don't need me to tell you this classic is an excellent book. It's fantastic, full stop. It reads easily for an older book: I could not put it down.
- What I didn't realize is that it's also essentially a psychological thriller, as we watch Irene try to figure out why she's drawn to Clare, and as Clare takes ever more risks to insert herself into Irene's life.
- Also, big time queer subtext vibes in here. I'd love to see a retelling or adaptation that plays that aspect up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Hate crime, Slavery, and Antisemitism