Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

12 reviews

sab_rose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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: Racism, Kidnapping, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Death of parent

cataglyphis's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual assault, Blood, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Addiction, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Slavery

leonormsousa's review

adventurous funny inspiring fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Stalking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

kes_'s review

adventurous inspiring tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

psliz's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

loved the feminism, the deus ex machina and magical realism at the end? not so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Acephobia/Arophobia, Drug abuse, Animal death, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Slavery, Blood, and Death of parent

water_violin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Addiction, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Racism, Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

thebookpaiges's review

adventurous funny inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Classism, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcoholism

abookandaspotoftea's review

adventurous challenging 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

1.5

 I preface this review by stating that I am not typically driven to write a review in rage, but this book and the author have received so much praise despite being extremely problematic. I appreciate that the author centered an ace (or asexual) lead character. I also understand that this book is a historical fantasy and should be treated with a grain of salt.

Things that I loathe about this book:

• the normalization of white feminism
• the overt racism and Islamophobia
• the colonization fangirling

To @Mackenzi Lee and those who praised this book:

• Removing a person's ḥijāb without consent is a gross violation and should NEVER be normalized.
• Casually dropping the "N" word is NEVER okay. Also, get it through your daft head: the immediate assumption that black people are thieves and criminals is NOT okay. A half-hearted apology does not make up for this ridiculous shit. Stop using this as a trope.
• The idea that it is okay to plunder another nation for its resources is NOT okay. And sit your white feminist ass down with your holier-than-thou attitude that colonizers will use these looted resources to "heal" the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Addiction, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Racism, Sexism, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Toxic friendship, and Misogyny

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Much like the first book, it was enjoyable but not super memorable. I really liked some parts like when Johanna (Joanna?) called out Felicity about Felicity judging her intelligence by how she presents herself and acting superior because she doesn't like being hyper femme. I also liked how Felicity was on the asexual spectrum (with some attraction to women I think). Loved the smart girls kicking butt, adventuring, and just doing the damn thing but it wasn't anything stand out for me. I sort of glazed over/tuned out in some parts of the audiobook as it didn't hold my interest consistently like other books I've listened to.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Racism, Classism, Colonisation, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Animal cruelty

honeyfangs's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• 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: Sexism, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Ableism, Kidnapping, Gore, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Alcoholism