Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Der kleine Freund by Donna Tartt

7 reviews

kaaaaaaaaaaate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

I cannot compare the little friend to Donna Tart’s other books because I haven’t read them yet- this i did purposely after hearing so many disappointed opinions of this book- something I cannot attest to. I thoroughly ENJOYED the little friend, a beautiful southern gothic cross buildensroman cross mystery/thriller. I found Harriet and her family to be both engaging and fantastical but also very real and full of substance. Whilst the overall book is pretty slow the last 100 pages were fast and easy to devour but I didn’t feel rushed in comparison. The relationships people share with each other and how these relationships change through grief, life experience and tragedy were pivotal aspects of the characters that Tartt explored both delicately but also with a raw and sharp realism that at times was hard to swallow. This honestly just makes me excited to read her other books and enjoy them as much if not more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Alcohol

_david_'s review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

This book put me in a reading slump. I'm relieved to finally have finished it. There were great moments in it, but it was so tough to get through. All the long descriptions and show of characters numbed the impact of the good parts.

I ended up skim-reading large parts of the book and reading chapter summaries to check if I read everything important. 

If you're considering dropping the book because you don't like the writing style and a few characters, definitely do drop it. If you're still pusing through because you're trying to figure out the mystery, drop the book. It's an unsatisfying end for most.

I personally kept reading because I wanted to know what happened to Harriet herself and the Ratliffs. Besides that, I found the exploration of grief in the family interesting, but it became much less in the Harriet-focused part of the book. I don't regret finishing the book, but I definitely don't recommend picking it up. There's better books out there about stereotypical Southern USA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, and Abandonment

Tw: Drowning

camortiz26's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

jelliestars's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and War

beatriceora's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

4.5. It seems that this wasn’t a very popular book, but I really liked it. I guess I’m just not like other girls in that way :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

zaroof's review against another edition

The writing style is extremely confusing. There wasn’t a consistent narrator, you’d read one narrator speak and then out of the blue another narrator starts to speak about a whole different topic and time and it became too frustrating to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

sumstew's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

when hely grows up he is going to be the worst type of man ever. its gives me chills. i loved how complex all the characters & relationships were. there are so many little details that make you feel like you are sitting there in the scene with the characters. ily Donna Tartt<3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Hate crime, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Car accident