Reviews tagging 'Racism'

La reina roja by Victoria Aveyard

20 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was exactly what I expected it to be and was therefore fabulous! It’s a really easy and predictable read. I am excited to read the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

haza's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, War, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Racism, Torture, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicide, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent

sar_lion's review against another edition

I hate all of the characters and the plot is not great, super cliche and I wanted all of the characters to die. I don't care to see any sort of romance between the two leads. The writing was just fine, the descriptions were just bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I was looking forward to this book, as it seemed like it had a lot of potential for an interesting story. Unfortunately I didn’t feel like it kept that potential as the story went on.

Overall I found it slow and a bit tedious with minimal action happening. Something about the pacing just didn’t grab me. Which was disappointing as I found the concept interesting and thought it could be executed well.

The characters too just felt very flat and one note. I can’t tell you much about any of the characters. I didn’t really find them or their relationships overly compelling. There were a few moments here and there I did think a character or dynamic would really shine, but overall it rarely felt earned.

The writing style also wasn’t all that impressive to me. There were a few instances where something was described in a weird way, but outside of that it read like your typical YA fantasy.

I definitely think the book had some potential, especially the concept. In the end I think it just fell a bit flat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture

emperordzi's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

leenyx's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, War, and Classism

Moderate: Gaslighting

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

I gave this a few chapters to try, but I found that it lacked some substance for me. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad book because it falls into a lot of YA tropes but it’s really not for me.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and War

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

raviolioli's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and War