Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

19 reviews

nzkdesigns6's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, and Medical content

stitchwilliam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and War

cperez's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

angela__g's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia

mo_ber's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, and War

lovetlr's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Deportation

lizzieaxxe's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racism, and Rape

jessreadsandrambles's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and Death of parent

taegibff's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

bookreviewswithkb's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

i have mixed feelings 

Shanghai Girls started off really strong for me. i was drawn into the story and appreciating the historical context, learning about the political landscape of China in the late 1930s, and later on in the novel, learning about the relationship between China and america and the impact the fear of communism had on the individual lives of Chinese americans, all the racist antics of white americans

but from about halfway through on i felt the novel lacked a true plot. and the way Lisa See tries to wrap things up felt very predictable and unoriginal. i was getting a bit bored

this is only the second Lisa See novel i’ve read and i will definitely be reading more. this just wasn’t the strongest for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Suicide, and War