Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

21 reviews

blair_w's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed this book but it could have easily been much shorter. It could be hard to follow the in game conversations at times 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

ngrant88's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Lesbophobia

vikkiph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

brandia's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

kcarney86's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder, Rape, and Death of parent

thatonecatmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Mass/school shootings, and War

Yall. Go into this understanding that a lot of it has to do with the toxicity of the people online, trolls and bullies. So so many content warnings

just_me_abbey's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

abby_can_read's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

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This is a decent book. Not my favorite in the series. There was relationship development between Ellacott and Strike. The plot was hard to follow at times, and I felt it was predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

kmw2017's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book is 32 hours on audiobook and over 1,000 pages in hardcover.  Large cast of characters set in the world of online gaming.  Hard to follow in audiobook format.  Ending anticlimactic.  Overly long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Lesbophobia

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

The narrative and mysteries were very engaging once it got going. The nature of online interactions in relation to popular pieces of media is fertile ground for storytelling. That said, the in game chats were a bit of a slog when broken up into 2-3 conversations happening near simultaneous. Yes, I didn’t mind flipping back and forth on pages but it took some adjusting. The characterizations are all really good. Seeing how all these different types of personalities could be prone to certain types of toxic online behavior was entertaining. I will say that one of the storylines is a bit hard to get by given it specifically involves kids. The side cases were good for highlighting the different contractors personalities. I liked that the entire main case was largely about people being manipulated by someone charismatic online. That all said, the book is lengthy and it could have been tightened up 200-300 pages or at least some of the game chat chapters could have been combined or tightened. 

Overall, I enjoyed it. Another good book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

See all the triggers for the types of grotesque things discussed and done to characters because of the online and in real life sketchiness of people associated with the cases and to a degree with people in the characters’ lives