Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

5 reviews

befnie's review against another edition

I was so shocked when I found out this book was written by a woman, the voice made me convinced it was a white man. 

The story is boring, despite the violence. The characters are 2D, despite the extensive backstory. And the book itself required way more editing, the tense switches mid sentence and the prose are weak. 

The only parts of the book that are vivid are the instances of extreme violence, all exclusively visited upon women and children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Death of parent

himpersonal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

2.5

Sounded like it should’ve been a really good book. In reality, there were parts that were good, but most of it was disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

lizzym126's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

kanderson246's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

elmtreebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.75

This was a five star book for the first 70% but then absolutely fell apart in the end. The introduction of Sunil’s character as a catch-all super evil invincible bogeyman ground the story to a halt. 
The first half of the book is richly detailed and immersive , and I really enjoyed the multiple POVs of the MC Ajay, Neha, and Sunny. They all frustrate and disappoint but it feels authentic to their dark story. 
But then, after all that build up, the story just kind of… stops. And I get the intentional parallel of the ending to the accident at the beginning of the book but ugh. To spend so long in this world only for the story to be incomplete is so unsatisfying. 
It was only after reading reviews that I realized this is going to be the first book in a trilogy. Ok, fine. But even in a series, each book should have a complete and satisfying arc that stands alone. 
I won’t be returning to this world for book 2. I’m more disappointed because so much about this book was amazing, and now I feel let down, instead of it just being mediocre the whole way through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Abortion