Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

7 reviews

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Vomit

blitz_ramna's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Well. That was…something. The stereotypes in this book are astounding…you can definitely tell it was written in the early 70’s. Also, there are only like 2 redeeming parts in the whole story. The outer space part is super weird and not even guaranteed to give you a solid giggle. This book is above and beyond bonkers, even for Dahl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Classism

lisaconn's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

It's not aged well on rereading it

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia and Racial slurs

claremc2002's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs

Some bad-taste jokes about other countries. I was reading this aloud to the children so I just skipped over those parts.

jdavesphd's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.5

What did I just read??
In all seriousness, though, it is very clear why the first book in this duo is the famous one, and this one is rather forgotten. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

mayr3adsab00k's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

This book didn’t quite age well. It’s not atrocious, but it didn’t need to exist.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Racial slurs