Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac

9 reviews

maggie_gentner's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A softly brutal book, the sort in which more is said by what is not said.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

stasiana's review

dark sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Child death, Racial slurs, and Suicide

aepp's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

The language was rich, especially when speaking about the beauty of the natural world around the reserve home. The author was gentle with his characters. Some sad plot twists that almost felt gratuitous, but sometimes life is hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Racial slurs

jouljet's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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: Physical abuse, Violence, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Child death

franksreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Grief, Violence, Racism, Death, Child abuse, and Abandonment

taryndeanne's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, Death, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death, Colonisation, Racism, Animal death, and Racial slurs

schaarzy's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Cursing, Bullying, Classism, Death, Alcoholism, Racism, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Hate crime, Medical content, and Medical trauma

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Miscarriage

girlpuck's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, and Miscarriage

Minor: Animal death