Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

3 reviews

themdash's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Classism

alliefresh's review against another edition

challenging dark funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

A very well crafted book on the issues with American Imperialism, capitalism, racism and injustice wrapped up in a meta narrative that follows 2 characters that will eventually meet. 

It's humour is like no other and is fabulously intricate and vulgar.

It's meta analysis of America is also unique and interesting to providing a stance on its issues with the country.

A novel that is certainly ahead of its time and will stand the test of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Xenophobia

sashpointah's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This ping-pongs from being so prescient and representative and understanding of the human condition and the systems of oppression it's constructed to being outright transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, and devolving into racial stereotypes. Severe whiplash but generally well-meaning, and a potential queer interpretation save this one. If you can get past the ugliest bits there's some pretty powerful philosophy to take away from it, it just would be far better if it weren't about race at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Fatphobia