Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

60 reviews

leandrea's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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: Racism

Moderate: Rape

annaroselaf's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Xenophobia

ley107's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm struggling to find the words to describe this book. It is engaging, powerful, and heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Colonisation

spark_879's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

jessv's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

A quick read but very intense content. I got a little bored during the chapters going into detailed descriptions of the hockey scenes, but

it ultimately set up the progression from his love of the game to being consumed by rage from the racism, and as we learn at the end, sexual abuse that he endured.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault

sandrajmcd's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, and Sexual assault

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

scjessie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Suicide

karingforbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I think it’s interesting but it’s half describing hockey games and I don’t care so I won’t think about it or reread it. It does talk about the residential schools for indigenous kids in North America, which is always hard to read about, but it’s a matter of fact telling which was new to me and appreciated as different.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

leahb88's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

The author paints such a vivid picture of the horrifying events in the mc’s life and their impact. This story just grabbed my heart from the beginning and kept twisting the knife over and over throughout the book. I felt the abandonment, grief, fear, anger, loss with the character. Such a relevant read to better understand the impacts of genocide in Canada. Beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, and Death of parent