Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Othello by William Shakespeare

38 reviews

notyourvegetable's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Murder

hunterofdaisies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

mjones14's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

4.0

This was a reread ready for class. I love the characters and their development and don't have many major faults

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and War

Minor: Death of parent

eva_vva's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, and Blood

lilygrace1113's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

camillebergeron's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

xkrille's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I read this for university, and to be honest, it was fine. It was sometimes difficult to maintain concentration. I just think that sometimes literature can get too old for me. The last half was very exciting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide

theminnesotawitch's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.25

Shakespeare's Othello is about an interracial marriage that becomes quite tragic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Grief

poirot's review

challenging tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Death of parent

marthadude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Classism