Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Passengers by John Marrs

18 reviews

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting plot and characters, as well as unexpected plot twists, but I felt it went on longer than needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Trafficking, Violence, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Dementia, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Gore, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, Classism, Deportation, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Xenophobia, Blood, Drug abuse, Grief, War, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, and Vomit

brittknee52's review

challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Pedophilia

vj_thompson's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

What a wild ride. This book was like a Black Mirror episode.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Torture, Child death, Cursing, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide, Murder, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Deportation, Trafficking, Miscarriage, Cancer, and War

littlelibraryonsunset's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Islamophobia, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Car accident, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Classism, Suicide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Violence

mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide and Racism

ksuazo94's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Pregnancy, Gore, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Islamophobia, and Grief

loysydneyweissman's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

if you like black mirror you’ll like this. i genuinely was surprised by every twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Genocide, Death, Classism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cancer, Blood, Alcoholism, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Car accident, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Racism

bethmalena's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It was a good “beach read” - fast paced and I could half-pay-attention without losing the plot. It felt like an elaborate expansion of the trolley problem, combined with the perils of social media and hacking.

I know the two women of colour were killed off early to show the racism and colonialism of the public, but it still felt like an injustice to cut their stories off so early.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Murder, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Moderate: Domestic abuse

themoodreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Racism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Grief, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Car accident, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexism, Misogyny, Blood, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Hate crime, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Infertility, Cancer, Medical content, Alcohol, Gore, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: War, Homophobia, Ableism, Slavery, Dementia, Trafficking, Vomit, and Gun violence