Reviews tagging 'Racism'

زومبي by Joyce Carol Oates, أحمد م. أحمد

9 reviews

grizelybear's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

This was a disturbing and incredibly miserable read. There was no respite or reversal of circumstance at all. It was depraved and messed up through and through. The most horrifying thing is that some people probably do think this way and to be honest, after letting this book sink into me for a while, I'm actually feeling chilled and a little terrified.

I'm rating this a 3.5 because this was not an enjoyable book, but in terms of what it wanted to achieve, which was apparently to take us into the mind of a fucked up degenerate, it definitely succeeded in all fronts. This was an uncanny (and disturbing) character study, and for that, I do salute the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, and Racial slurs

writeasiread's review against another edition

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Stalking, and Murder

chuckyinspace's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Gore, Mental illness, Medical content, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Slavery, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Misogyny, and Ableism

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.25

yikes, super dark + disturbing read! i knew what i was getting into so i wasn't surprised, but man, was i disgusted. i had a good time playing detective as i picked up the context clues + pieced together Quentin's situation as the son of a well-to-do family (who literally gets away with murder because of this fact), but that was literally the only enjoyment to be had. the rest of this read was incredibly bleak + horrifying. that's not the reason for the 3-star rating tho. ultimately, i kinda found quentin to be vapid and uninteresting as a pov character. i felt like there were a lot of interesting things the author could have explored with him, but instead he came off as not having a whole lot of depth, imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Misogyny

reginahafner_'s review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Racial slurs, Ableism, Bullying, Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

melissa_m's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Racism

tailwhip's review against another edition

dark tense

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

annihilatrix's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Sometimes I think that delving into the mind of a shitty person (in this case, fictionalized Jeffrey Dahmer if he lived in Michigan) is a white author excuse for being able to print racist slurs. I felt the same way about We Need to Talk About Kevin, though that was better for me in the exploration of maternal alienation. Zombie was gratuitous and just not good; I was extremely glad it was a short read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Hate crime, Stalking, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Torture, and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism, Vomit, Body shaming, Slavery, and Animal cruelty

thaatswhatsheread's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Torture