Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

380 reviews

kitza2000's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Child abuse

olivia_piepmeier's review against another edition

informative tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Lo just knows how to tell a good story, so with that and the LGBTQ historical fiction topic AND it's Vermont Reads pick of the year, I wanted to at least give it a try. She does a great job describing the world Lily lives in. San Francisco feels like a character within itself. The little blips of experiences of her family were interestingly used to frame the reader on where Lily is coming from based on the experiences of her family. Particularly when this "don't say gay" mess is going around, this seems like a very timely book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs and Toxic friendship

Minor: Deportation, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

jkull_10's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Moderate: Deportation, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Police brutality, and Hate crime

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Outing, Hate crime, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mental illness, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, War, Medical content, Violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, and Infertility

nightmaresandfairytales's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Outing

kh_xion's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Racial slurs

mayadelaine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Malinda Lo has captured the young lesbian experience in a devastatingly vivid and accurate manner. This very well may be the first time I have seen my struggles as a teenager reflected in a novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Deportation, Outing, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Toxic friendship

knockoffrainbow's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Racism, Hate crime, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: War, Abortion, Deportation, and Alcohol

stella_petit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs and Gaslighting

Minor: Deportation and War