Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

60 reviews

madelindrew'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

bisexualwentworth's review against another edition

Finally finished. Thoughts to come in upcoming podcast episode.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Racism, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

qalshrame's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death

rubybubbles's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This was hard to read. The prose, style, punctuation were all off and chaotic. The idea is nice but I can't believe this is acclaimed the way it is.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

anindistinctaccountant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child death and Sexual harassment

aleskahhh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

A revolutionary re-imagined prequel to Jane Eyre. 
I'll be honest, the start frightened me, I hated the middle... but the ending was the most satisfyingly thing I have ever read. I read this as an introduction to post-colonial lit but it was intense. It introduces you to a very troubled protagonist, makes you watch her suffer at the hands of a horrible husband and yet somehow she is still able to hold onto who she is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Gaslighting

leanneymu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Very interesting re-imagining of Jane Eyre from the first Mrs Rochester's perspective, and one that holds up on its own too. Be warned, there are some period-relevant slurs in the novel, which, while shocking to modern sensibilities, feel appropriate to the way these characters would talk to one another.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, and Sexual content

friendlypoet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Racism

hrmason's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

edwardian_girl_next_door's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Mental illness, Slavery, Classism, and Confinement

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Animal death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gaslighting