Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

La svastica sul sole by Philip K. Dick

14 reviews

dominicangirl's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Antisemitism

Minor: Slavery

marsbars24's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I feel unequipped to properly comment on the political theory payed out by PKD in this book, and feel his books more centered  philosophy and the human condition in regards to technology are more effective than the more overt political science fiction in this book, but still solid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism

It discusses a possible future where the Nazis won. Clearly not a pro nazi book, I believe it is quite anti-facist, but discusses some pretty difficult topics

annatoggi's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Death and Violence

riverofhorton's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

So much of this book was enjoyable to read, which allowed for such a degree of immersion that I managed to get through it much faster than I normally would a book of this length. That said, the ending was very disappointing. Not only did it seem rushed, like the author realised they had a deadline in a few days and so had to wrap everything up as quickly as possible, but the actual ending itself seemed half-baked and incomplete. For most of the book, I understood why it was so popular, then I got to the end and didn't get it anymore. There were so many good ideas within this book, and I will be looking further into the alternative history genre, but this overall isn't a book I would recommend. There were a few things I expected, like all the racism and especially anti-Semitism, some things I could overlook like the writing being disjointed and confusion at times, but when combined with the non-ending, it adds up to being too much for me to overlook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

neonskylite's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

One of the only Nazi alt-histories I can stomach because a) its got that PKD freakiness in it and b) it has so thoroughly thought out what point it wants to make and carved out the niche its trying to depict in this world (that is, the americana art dealing world to talk about cultural capital and "authenticity"). 

Also I could give a 30 minute presentation about the many covers of this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Antisemitism and War

Minor: Slavery

alexalily's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Antisemitism

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

damesies's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Classism

franklola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

reb_knits's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and War

blackberryjambaby's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Homophobia