Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

40 reviews

sliceofsav's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Addiction

Minor: Racism

thatrandomdancer's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing sad

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Racism

sbbailey's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Racism

missymaus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Addiction, Sexual assault, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

robin_reads's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Rape, Drug use, Abandonment, Racism, and Alcohol

galliexyc's review against another edition

funny sad fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Abortion, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Racism, Eating disorder, and Rape

Minor: Sexual content

jaylee_books's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Racism, and Alcoholism

reillycar's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion and Racism

lisa_m's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. I thought I was going to give it 5 stars and I probably would have if it had been a few chapters longer. I did not like the ending.

Spoiler

They didn't even speak their feelings, it was just implied. And for the whole book revolving about those too figuring out their lifes and emotions it's quite frustrating to not actually do that with their feelings towards each other.

But other than that I thought the book was really good. I maybe should have read some trigger warnings first because I was quite shocked when the rape scene happened. I did not expect it at all. It wasn't exploitative but in enough detail to make me uncomfortable.

There are definitely some darker themes and important topics but I think they were handled in a great way.

I really enjoyed that Penny wrote a story that we also got to read. I thought it was really good and interesting and I always like 'books' in books and that type of thing.

I might reread this and give it 5 stars in a few years. Who knows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Classism, Deportation, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship

thexwalrus's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

mary h.k. choi's writing is the star here - it's so snappy and fluid and fresh, and i think it adds so much to all the characters. before we even get to know penny and sam, her writing gives us a taste of what their internal monologues are like, and it endeared me to them without me even realizing it.

while i don't necessarily love a few of the characters, they're all extraordinarily well-written and fleshed out. penny and her mother's relationship is rough and beautifully realistic and i deeply enjoyed reading all of their interactions. 

my favorite part of the story was reading about penny's thoughts on writing - seeing her formulate a story and go through the different stages of brainstorming and discovering new sides of characters was so fun, and even though that wasn't the focus of the story, i wish we'd gotten more. 

all in all, this was fun! i definitely wanna check out more of choi's writing and this was a very encouraging starting point. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Racism