Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi

56 reviews

ellieb09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Hate crime, War, Racism, Grief, Child abuse, Death, Classism, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Child death

Minor: Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

overthinkereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Torture, War, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Classism, and Child death

kymberly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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: Injury/injury detail, Murder, Death, Genocide, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, and Classism

Minor: Slavery and Sexual harassment

megs_baer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, Classism, Police brutality, Genocide, and Racism

auberginehayz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

Overall a really compelling book, can'  wait to start the next one! I enjoyed the very different setting to Western fantasy and the different types of magics. Would love to have some illustrations of the animals as I found them a bit hard to visualise.
The characters were unique and relatable despite their flaws. The two main female protagonists were very compelling and I enjoyed their different points of view. 
Finally, the short chapters were satisfying and contributed to it being a real page-turner!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Torture, Blood, and Genocide

Minor: Sexual content

jodean's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, War, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Racism, Torture, Death, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, and Murder

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

The world-building was a bit slow in the beginning, but once our characters’ stories started intersecting, the book moved so quickly. Inan’s character was a bit confusing to me (though I think he is also just confused generally), but I loved watching Amari & Zélie’s growth and relationship development.
Also, the complexities of revolution against oppression were present in the characters’ struggles and conversations, which inspired me to consider these same complexities in reality. I want to know more about this world, and I want to know what happens next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Kidnapping, Racism, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Grief, Slavery, and Stalking

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, and Sexual content

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

"I won't let your ignorance silence my pain."

1. Please read the authors note, if you've read the story. 
2. This was fascinating, the story and it's characters took so many turns in their character development. It all made sense though. There was a lot of hurt and grief in a few days storyline. The characters also had noticeable trauma, and all handled it differently, which is very good writing, because I've also read books where that was completely disregarded. So all in all worth the read, I think it's better to read it not spread out over months though. 
3. Crooked Kingdom vibes at times. 

"Everyone else feels like being caught in the rain. You're the whole tsunami." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Child death, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, War, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Death

macmannwood's review against another edition

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

5.0

Spoiler

i think that daughters should get to kill their abusive fathers more often

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual assault, Self harm, Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, Genocide, Gore, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

bookwitch934's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Racism, Gore, Genocide, Body horror, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Death, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

This book was really good, but super heavy.