Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

3 reviews

marnash's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

3.5

I don't think I've ever really heard about poverty at this magnitude. It was really interesting reading about it from the perspective of a child (Frank). It is described so matter-of-fact, so simply and straigh forwardly, and it's gut wrenching. It was a slow read, for sure, but I didn't find myself getting to bored by it. Not a lot happens, and there isn't a lot of change in individual characters, which makes it a very realistic chronicle of the impoverished life, at least that's how it reads to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, and Xenophobia

funyuns_the_movie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Xenophobia and Excrement

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Great writing and very detailed descriptions of life in poverty. I did find the ending to be a bit odd and lacking closure. I also found some of the details within this book to be unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Toxic friendship