beanmilkcantread's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Stalking
bookrokosmos's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Racial slurs, Gaslighting, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Addiction, Cultural appropriation, Suicide attempt, Ableism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Stalking and Sexual content
digestives's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse and Racism
Moderate: Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Hate crime
bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Gaslighting
luckyone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Addiction, Racism, and Stalking
rachaelwho's review
- 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
4.25
Minor: Stalking, Sexual content, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Addiction, Racism, Racial slurs, Outing, Misogyny, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Deportation, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
redroseses's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Stalking, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Racism
Minor: Gore, Police brutality, Blood, Colonisation, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, and Animal death
lindseyhall44's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Disorientation is a satirical campus novel following Ingrid, a Taiwanese -American student, who discovers a secret while working on her dissertation, upending life as she knows it.
This book is incredibly smart in its plot formatting as well as narrative perspective, for as Ingrid discovers problematic behaviors -such as cultural appropriation and fetishization- in the corrupt academic setting, she also finds traces of these in her own life. The character development stemming from this is where really Chou shines, crafting a mindset of growth and change.
I whole heartedly recommend Disorientation as your next read, though as always, please check trigger warnings before picking it up!
Graphic: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Racism, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Sexism
Moderate: Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, and Stalking
Minor: Islamophobia
mondovertigo's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Stalking
stevie's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Confinement, Classism, Racism, Xenophobia, Stalking, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Hate crime, and Death