Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Penance by Eliza Clark

8 reviews

sangsmiles's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Pandemic/Epidemic

augie_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.5

I went into this book not knowing a thing about the author or the story. I firmly believed right to the end that this was based on a true story and from the perspective of a real journalist. It was only afterwards when I - ironically - tried to search the town that was mentioned throughout that I realised the whole thing was fiction! Excellent writing and, as many have mentioned in their reviews here, touches on a very specific cultural experience of the internet and the way it affected young people. Excellent writing but do take care reading as there is a lot of graphic content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Xenophobia

anissawren's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Self harm, and Stalking

arayo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

cadence99's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

What a VISCERAL experience of a book as a woman who grew up online in the 2010’s- this has so many elements that made it a perfect read for me: the most unreliable narrator, niche tumblr cringe, and true crime community critique. This is definitely a unique experience of a book that I wouldn’t recommend to just anyone BUT it worked SO well for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kitfkat's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Dementia, Abortion, and Lesbophobia