Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

We Need to Do Something by Max Booth III

4 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

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

ripxreads's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Confinement and Self harm