Reviews tagging 'Racism'

We Need to Do Something by Max Booth III

24 reviews

rowanw51's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Excrement, and Pregnancy

blueroo's review

dark sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Self harm

whimsical_leapling's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Vomit

c_alma_d's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bowlingforboots's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

nyquilcryptid's review

dark sad tense

• Loveable characters? No

4.25

A lot bleaker than I expected. Absolutely nasty piece of work, felt sick to my stomach and nervous the entire time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Vomit, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Minor: Infidelity, Racism, and Self harm

szyca's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

soaphest's review

dark mysterious tense

2.0

As a note to myself I’m starting a new reviewing system from hereon so I’ll actually start giving books 1-2 stars bc i never do that lol. Anyways in general this book was a decent read, the premise was interesting & I wanted to see where it would go which was,, nowhere really?? It just felt very pointless and disjointed, and the ending really gave me nothing at all. The characters felt too much like caricatures to me, like the prototypical dysfunctional american family with the conservative dad & the abused/neglected dissatisfied wife & the queer daughter & the (incredibly!!!!) annoying little brother which isn’t bad in itself as long as that isn’t all that is to them (but in this case it was). It was an ok book, just not something that will stick with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cancer and Infidelity

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

lydj's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

10% reddit mentions, 20% fart jokes, and 70% insufferable family dynamic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Blood