Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Lumii îi spuneau padure by Ursula K. Le Guin

43 reviews

melalbx's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Rape

rebekah_l's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Racism and Rape

holodrum's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Rape

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

oxanamay's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape

astronouti's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-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? No

4.5

Le Guin herself lamented the fact that, in the writing of the book, she succumbed to the levels of a manifesto. I therefore went in expecting something very clear-cut in terms of the theme of "war and colonialism bad". And, sure, you could say that was the message, but that would be like saying that an apple is just a fruit and there's nothing else to it (sorry about my sad metaphors, I may have stayed too long in the sun). To me, Le Guin doesn't write simplistic books. There's layers upon layers, and then some. In mere 113 pages she managed to transport me into another universe, world, and minds of beings that I couldn't have imagined into existence. She forced me to spend time in the mind of Captain Davidson, a person so loathsome, yet one that sadly exists in every society and probably in most governments/central decision-making systems. 

It's incredibly sad to think that Le Guin wrote this short book in the face of the US war on Indochina, and how we as humans haven't learnt much in the decades since - think of the genocide of Uyghurs, for one. We're a horrendous race capable of endless killing of each other, and this is the plague that we would no doubt take on other planets if we could. It's a very insightful read for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and War

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape

nexusgoblin's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

kannyyeung's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

capella's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Racism and Rape

leguinstan's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, and War

Minor: Racism, Rape, and Violence

misogyny: the book is NOT misogynistic but a good chunk of the novella is written from the POV of a character who is very mysoginistic & racist (specifically anti-asian racism)