Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

15 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Gore, Eating disorder, Racism, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Violence, and Cannibalism

Minor: Homophobia, War, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Incest, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty

maregred's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Abandonment, and Confinement

Minor: Stalking and War

aisabel's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-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

3.25

Beautiful prose, confusing plot. Very unsatisfying ending, but I might still reread it to better appreciate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racism, Suicide attempt, and Incest

antimony's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

three point five. the writing was really good but gah i was so so confused. i don't think i ever fully knew what was going on. it took me so long to get into the swing of the changing povs and then as soon as i had we got ore's and i was confused again. the end was good as well, though the lack of a plot up until ore got introduced left me feeling very stagnant for most of the book. i don't think that the jacket summary adequately conveys much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Eating disorder, and Suicide

kattyenn's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Racism, Xenophobia, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood and Cannibalism

danaaliyalevinson's review

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

I love this strange little idiosyncratic neo-gothic horror novel about generational trauma and racism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Racism, and Xenophobia

carolinestes's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

White is for Witching is a book I started for class, put down, picked back up in a panic the week before my exam, and then was engulfed by. It is eerie and deep and confusing and meaningful. This is not a pleasant, good vibes book this is a book that forces you to see the ugliness in the world and in our history.
Miranda is a white British girl haunted by three generations of racist female ancestors along with the house they all lived in. Miranda’s story shows how white people, specifically white women, can never escape the horrors of our colonial, racist ancestors. No matter Miranda’s love for her Nigerian-British girlfriend, she will always hold that evil white female history within her.
This book amazed me. I have so so many thoughts on it that could never fit into a single post. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Xenophobia

officialmcnugget's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Homophobia

headachesince03's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Death, Body shaming, Body horror, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Gore, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Gore, Lesbophobia, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Alcohol, Stalking, Incest, Gun violence, Drug use, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Xenophobia

readsbykats's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Racism