Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

25 reviews

vanadiumbean's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Police brutality, and Medical content

Minor: Slavery, Torture, and Colonisation

katenovah's review against another edition

mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

texassizedreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

The book itself was 2 stars, one star subtracted from my final rating because of the completely unnecessary use of the n-word by a white author. I felt like the aspect of the story I cared about most (the mystery of the miniaturist) was left unresolved. The rest of the story was relatively bland and I found Nella's character to be pretty annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racial slurs

em2jules's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Excrement, Police brutality, and Grief

emma_zimmerman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. It surprised me and kept me engaged the whole way through. I didn't grasp the full message of the story, but it is a complicated one so I may come back to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry