Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

4 reviews

celevstial's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

so good! this is a book i think i would’ve liked more if i was younger, but i still really enjoyed it. i was rooting for the characters, and thought their interactions were so lively and real, although i do wish their backstories and personalities were more fleshed out and given a bit more time in the spotlight. there’s definitely more of a focus on their survival and whether or not they’ll make it to the next day. the ending seemed a little rushed, but i finished with a smile on my face, and i felt like everything was wrapped up well. mattie was  such a strong character, and seeing her really come of age and grow up over the span of just a few months was so bittersweet and inspiring. i learned so much, too! definitely recommend :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Racism, and Violence

dobbysfirstsock's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Medical content, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Blood, and Xenophobia

empathephant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative tense fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Excrement, Slavery, War, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Ableism, and Animal death

Deals with an epidemic of infectious disease, so may be triggering for those affected by the recent pandemic.

urlocalvocaloidstan's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

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

3.0

 The book was very boring and slow paced. The plot didn’t make much sense and was very predictable. Mattie did get a little bit of character development at the end because of the traumatic events she’s been through, but she’s still very much the same person from the beginning. The deaths weren’t very impactful, as the characters that died weren’t very likable or never even showed up. Nathaniel Benson was a very unnecessary character and the book would have done so much better without him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Racism, and Slavery