Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming

23 reviews

zcashman's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

joshlegere's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction and Racism

kaceyjoy's review against another edition

1.5

This was a difficult read. I realize it was written in the fifties, and different language was used then, but there is just a lot of problematic themes, language, stereotypes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and Murder

liath's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

4.0

Standard Bond book, seventy years haven’t been kind to this one with much of it now deeply offensive and racist but the story still stands as a good old fashioned spy tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

bakerloo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism

paulrichard's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Violence

marianneiriss's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

michi11's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Sexism

kate_lemer's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Bond is not as arrogant as in the films. Surprisingly, he has feelings, he is scared, he spends time thinking about his mission. Fleming is capable of painting a picture of a very careful man with a keenly strategic mind. The descriptions in the last few chapters are so well done and vivid that I think I won’t ever step into the Caribbean sea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Sexism and Colonisation

benedettal's review

2.0

James Bond goes to the US in the 50s and wait for it he’s racist! The story itself tries to be more exotic by setting the main events in Harlem and Florida, but of course it’s clumsy at best. Maybe skip this one if you would rather not hear the n word like a billion times (obviously it makes sense for the time but I think we can all agree Ian Fleming was never one for nuance so his stereotypes can easily come off as offensive even though that wasn’t the intention)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism