Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

Alas de sangre by Rebecca Yarros

4 reviews

eabbenante's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

The storyline and plot was great. The banter between Trag and Violet was really entertaining. I really enjoyed the very obvious love triangle and how it played out, but that was also my biggest complaint. I love a book with lots of sexual tension but this was less sexual tension and more the MFC constantly gawking over how beautiful/ muscular/ sexy/ etc. this man is and then going on about how she hates him and how could she think that. It got repetitive, a little boring, and fairly funny (though it wasn’t intended to be) to have these long descriptions of how gorgeous he is and how she needs to “smother her feelings” while staring at home for several pages.  
I thought the disability rep was fantastic. It was also great to have a love interest fully invested in the MFC learning how to fight for herself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Cultural appropriation

weecore's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

beltari's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

If you want to read an amazingly built world with multidimensional characters, I highly recommend Brandon Sanderson, especially the Stormlight Archive series. 

This book was fun but I enjoyed it the same way I enjoyed Sharknado. I can see why some less experienced readers would love it too. It was written so that young female readers will identify themselves with the "not like other girls" protagonist and if that's your cup of tea, go for it. It has cool fight scenes, Mexican novel levels of drama, and smutty scenes worthy of AO3. It's a light read and made me laugh with all the cringy dialogue and obvious plot twists. I'm giving it 4 stars because it fulfilled my need for a popcorn book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

alanis_thespookyreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, War, and Classism