Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

16 reviews

keeganrb's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Animal death and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual violence

alicesayshi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Racism

Moderate: Slavery and Trafficking

jg93's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Transphobia, Antisemitism, and Abortion

beckkopp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I loved this book. If there is any complaint, it’s just that the middle section is a little slow and the end love story wasn’t as built out as I was expecting, but honestly this book is about so much more than romantic love. It’s about family, freedom, and independence. It’s about the battle of being a woman. I think this book will stick with me for a very long time and I am grateful for that. Maybe just glance at content warnings before giving it a read however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Death of parent

dwager's review against another edition

adventurous

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

This book went places I was not expecting and was ultimately very satisfying. There were themes of colonialism and feminism that nevertheless worked, in part due to the gold rush setting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Miscarriage

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Rape, Murder, and Colonisation

franksreads's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Alcohol

idajoh's review against another edition

emotional informative relaxing medium-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

This book surprised me! I went into this expecting that I might like it... turns out I loved it! My biggest complaint about this book is that it ended.

This is a book about feminity and what it means to be a woman, in relation to each other, society and a lover. 

Allende's storytelling is rich and believable, and there's rarely a dull moment, even when nothing really significant is happening. I also loved the small crumbs of foreshadowing that are spread throughout the book, which seem inisignificant upon first glance.

This isn't normally a book I would've picked up, but Allende peaked my interest because I was trying to complete a reading challenge and I needed a book written by a latina author. In addition, my mom seems to love her. I'll definitely pick up more of her books, and more books like this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

aliteracja's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism