Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

26 reviews

readandfindout's review

reflective fast-paced

3.5

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Characters: 3 stars
Plot: 3 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexism

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Abortion

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

this was such a beautiful and raw portrayal of what it’s like to be a brown girl. i saw so many of my own struggles and experiences in this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child death, Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Police brutality

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Car accident, and Racism

Minor: Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abortion, and Self harm

hrserrano's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, and Sexual harassment

jennikreads's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Abortion and Death

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Racism

Moderate: Abortion and Alcohol

Minor: Colonisation, Misogyny, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Classism, and Drug use

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Drug use, Alcohol, Suicide, Abortion, Violence, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and Domestic abuse

nabecker13's review

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Colonisation, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Racism, Abortion, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Car accident, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment

lizlikesfrogs's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Death

Minor: Abortion

hrelbaum's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Abortion, Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs