Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The List by Yomi Adegoke

28 reviews

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

jazful's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

First of all: I absolutely don't understand the many negative reviews. Ironically, it reminds me a bit of the phenomenon that is discussed in the book: a topic goes viral and many people comment on similar things, criticising the smallest details.

Secondly, I found the story very entertaining and important for today, our generation and discussions around cancel culture, toxic masculinity and at the same time, the rise of MeToo and very important feminist movements. The story also brings in important intersectional perspectives that play an important role, especially for BIPOC (e.g. that Michael was most likely hired as a trope to make the team more diverse). The plot and actions are thought-provoking. What would I do if I were in Ola's situation?

I can very much identify with Ola's political stance, which has made me question myself. In this day and age, we are all very quick to jump on a bandwagon and love to criticise (especially in left-wing feminist circles). But what happens when your partner is on such a list? 

Those who have written here that everything seems exaggerated, including the language and slang - I'm sorry, but then you've never been to South London. I particularly liked the book because it was so approachable. I found the characters very realistically written and they remind me of people I know. They speak, think and act like that.

All in all, I really enjoyed reading the book, despite the sometimes heavy subject matter, it was very fast paced and a page turner.

So, Vogue is definitely right: "The book of the summer!"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

izzybell's review against another edition

fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Racism

whatzoreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Not sure how I felt about this one. From the get go, you know it's going to be hard for the author to write a complete story, which way to go, will it be a cliche etc. I felt that the author did a good job of showing the grey and the middle ground reaction and action of the characters. The last chapter was such a random plot twist, not sure how I felt about it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Gaslighting

lilinn_aion's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Stalking

ashcanpete's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

lowercasekate's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I was conflicted the entire time I read this. The content was unsettling for me. The writing was great but I didn’t find the plot to really grab me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Bullying, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

An interesting concept with 3d characters, i do think that the q+a section with the authors and one of the narrators was very good and added a lot of context to the writing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

magicinwords23's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

Ola Olajide and Michel are the hot couple right now and they are all over social media. She is a journalist for Womxxxn magazine, he is about to start a new job at a production company called CuRated and they are about to be married. 

One morning they wake up to a list on the internet containing anonymous allegations towards several high profile men accusing them of a variety of abuse against women. Michael’s name is on The List. 

Ola’s world has been turned upside down. Did he do what they’re accusing him of? Can she trust him? Does she know him at all? So many questions but she is running out of time as the wedding draws near. 

This was a very thought-provoking story and I was persistently thinking“What would I do in this situation? My heart broke for Michael in one way as everything was falling around him but in another way, I thought he brought some of it on himself. I felt Ola was so quick to judge him and gave no consideration to what he was going through. 

This gave me Caroline Flack vibes with the hatred that was being shown and the intensely horrifying bullying on social media towards the men. Some very sad scenes where Michael felt so lost he just broke down and had no idea what to do or where to turn. 

There was another name on the list, a professional footballer, Lewis Hale. He was struggling with who he was and who the public wanted him to be. His story was a sad one and my heart broke for him and his family. 

A eye opener story and very apt for the world we are living in today where everything happens on social media.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content