Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Penance by Eliza Clark

4 reviews

darlingsterns's review against another edition

5.0

5 ★ raising my rating to five stars because i read this in july and think about it every day


content warnings: Spoiler arson, murder, torture, blood/gore, sexual assault (mentions), pedophilia, rape of a child (past), school shooting/massacre (past), necrophilia (mentions), bullying (graphic), body shaming, humiliation, toxic relationships/friendships, manipulation, violence, cutting, self-harm jokes, Holocaust joke, homophobia/lesbophobia, homophobic slurs, ableist language, racism, classism, outing, abortion (mention), miscarriage (mention), drug/alcohol use 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage, Antisemitism, and Abortion

nastu's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

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

sleaterkenneth's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

Like Devil House but worse. I had similar issues with Boy Parts and I think they both just need a stronger edit, granted this is an ARC but there were parts where the same thing was repeated with only slight alterations in the same paragraph. Overall... I think it lacks empathy? A decent narrator? I understand that the narrator is unreliable but that doesn't excuse the complete lack of emotional investment and teenage slang that doesn't fit the time period/era of tumblr. I did tear through it and was interested in how everything would shake out so that has to count for something, begging everyone to read Devil House yet again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol