Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki

13 reviews

kstericker's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs, Cannibalism, and Abortion

bridgetwillson's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

This book was very upsetting and hard to read at times. Overall sense of hopelessness. That being said, it was something I needed to read, and the fictional narrative made it gripping and fast paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

readasaurus_rex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

An incredible, moving, and thought-provoking work of fiction. I will be seeking out more by this author

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

roaming_ro's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Racial slurs

kchin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

korvakoira's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I absolutely adored this book. A five star that book that deserves it, not for being someone’s favorite book or very informative, but just a genuinely engaging piece of media that left me thinking and wanting more everytime I put it down.
God, Ozeki kept making new, lovable characters and I loved how everyone’s stories tied together and how it flowed. I wish Akiko got a bit more time because it was mainly Jane driven but I loved it all so so so much definitely one of my top books of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy

ye_li's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infertility, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Racial slurs

emordnilap's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

4.0

Please check content warnings for this book!!
As a college student, one of my classes this semester focused on US Multiethnic Literature. This book is the last of the 6 books we have read this semester. For many of the other books I chose to annotate in great detail, but for this book I decided I wasn't going to do that. And I think that allowed me to enjoy it more.
My professor (she is often strange), described this book as funny and I have to strongly disagree. It is anything but funny. This book is not to be taken lightly in any format. 
As a vegetarian who does it for the lack of enjoyment from eating and cooking meat and finds it easier to be vegetarian, this book was eye-opening into the meat industry. Granted I like to believe things have changed from when this book was published in the 1990s, but I think that I also know better than to believe that. 
The connections made throughout this book were interesting and compelling and I think that the lighthearted connections made with the characters helped to balance out the trauma and pain of the darker areas of the book. 
I also enjoyed the representation of Northampton lesbians as a college student lesbian in the area. Gotta love Lesbianville, USA. 
In conclusion, I think that this is a good book, but only if you are mentally prepared for its themes and believe that the content warnings will not be triggering at all because all the descriptions are quite graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy

The sexual assault and rape scenes and the aftermath of them are especially graphic. Please take caution with reading this book!!

becksusername's review

adventurous challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion