Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

19 reviews

gwyndae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Car accident

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

alexutzu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted relaxing fast-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

4.0

This was a long adventure throughout the world of these extremely rich people. So much happening all the time, it was a lot to keep track of! I would really like to check the movie adaptation next and possibly continue the series.

😍 The good:
I felt that the narration was authentic and I enjoyed the diverse perspectives. The story seemed realistic and it kept having cliffhangers, which really made me curious about what is next. I really felt immersed while learning more about the culture. It was fun, while also having some thoughtful scenes. The audio version was really fast-paced, almost like a movie, and I liked the narrator.

😅 The not-so-good: 
There were a bit too many characters to keep track of, even though I can understand their purpose. It also was a bit overwhelming in terms of jumping from one character to another... I kept forgetting what was happening to each of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Racism

sarah_readz's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Although I got bored of the endless descriptions of luxury, I can appreciate that they're meant to be boring. Youre meant to be bored by luxury beyond your wildest dreams, because a lot of the characters are, and by the end of it semi sentient closets don't even phase you. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism

sohva's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

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

3.0

The book was fun to listen to while doing chores and needing something to follow but with not too much stakes. The premise is interesting and the plot certainly entertaining. However, way too much of the book is descriptions of different expensive things, which got boring quickly. Also, the main character had hardly any personality. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Physical abuse and Pregnancy

mattyvreads's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

Urmmm… so… I didn’t care for this book. Parts of it were wonderful! I think it is definitely successful as a romance novel. There were real moments of humor and genuine surprise, but overall the storytelling and the content did not work for me.

My main critique all boils down to one pervasive thought I couldn’t shake: “this book was so glaringly written by a man.” In every description of the female characters, to the sexualized POV of the supporting female cast. Those elements were so distracting and strange that they really took me out. The book could have definitely used some major editing.

Besides that, the pacing and structure of the story made absolutely no sense to me. The twists (which do not make sense) are misplaced in the story.

Despite the book’s length, there is absolutely no resolution to Nick’s conflict with his family. There is barely a resolution between Rachel and Nick, too, and they’re the main characters! The twists left me more confused than enlightened.

Plus there’s like a whole chapter full of racial/homophobic slurs for some reason…. I’m remain… confused. 

Regardless, I think I’m glad I read it?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

macliffe's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

theuncannydani's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, and Stalking

atamano's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

sapphicsoilscientist's review against another edition

I miss books with characters I wouldn’t want to kick in the shins every three pages. This book is full of people that cannot or will not behave themselves. I understand some of them are meant to be poorly behaved because they have so much money, but even the love interest is not a likable person. 
Also the homophobia and rape jokes are more than I have time for. I don’t know how this could be a ‘fun and light’ read for people. I don’t think we read the same book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

The further into the book you get, the worse it gets. Nothing about any of these characters made me want to read past all the terrible things happening on the bachelor/bachelorette party.