Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore

4 reviews

thepermageek's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-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

5.0

Definitely one of the weirdest/surrealistically plotted books I’ve read in a while! Lots of emotional/humorous ups and downs! Had me hooked from the first page! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

Truly enthralling concept and execution. I feel like it's a really good exploration of what it means to be kind to yourself in all iterations, past, present, and future. Knocking off a quarter star because the author does the thing where she only describes a character's race if they are nonwhite, which is annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Car accident, and War

kathleenivy's review

hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

znvisser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Although the premise wasn't the most creative, I did enjoy its execution. The book actually avoids most technicalities regarding the time travel and focused more on the relational effects, and I didn't mind at all.

Just when I started to wonder how the story would be wrapped up considering the chosen pace and events, there was a plot twist that took care of that. Didn't see it coming but wasn't too surprised about it either, since the hint dropping was so obvious you knew there was more to it.

Would probably have enjoyed it more if I didn't read it right after Matt Haigs Midnight Library, but nevertheless the story captured my attention and turned out a very decent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Xenophobia