Reviews tagging 'Classism'

And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

7 reviews

ctkierst's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

alisaur's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Classism

Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse

addydeejreads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder and Classism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

mrz_owenz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

The premise seemed intriguing but I just didn't like any of the characters and the writing felt confusing and/or stilted.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Classism

The characters treat their abuse as par for the course which just shows how messed up their society is.

laurareads87's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

And What We Can Offer You Tonight packs a lot into a novella-length work: richly described setting, enough world-building to know what's going on while leaving a lot of the societal background vague, beautiful writing, and some complex themes.  Mohamed can definitely write, and I'm very much looking forward to reading more from her.
What didn't work for me in this one was the character development.  Everyone felt very two-dimensional and, in conflict with the story's themes, characters were entirely defined by their social roles.  I feel like characters' social positions -- rich sexist man, exploitative brothel owner, etc. -- are here treated like they're personality traits: there doesn't seem to be a lot else going on even with the main characters.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Torture

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, and Grief