Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson

19 reviews

angel_kiiss's review against another edition

fast-paced

I mean, yeah, it’s a really good book, but it’s also just 200 pages of a man telling us about all the things he got away with in 1971. Also massive trigger warning for slurs and totally uncalled for violence against women

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

latham9's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

paulines_reading_journal's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

coldcojones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

Nothing will ever top this book for me. Prime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racism

vgdavies03's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

wild

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

jemamoureuseavecmonvoiture's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

2.0

the main character is a horrible person. entertaining read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

toasterposter15's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

5.0

An amazing book. I love the way it’s written and it’s so funny. There’s very few scenes where I don’t die laughing. It’s everything I want in a book. It is a book where nothing and everything happens. It’s hard to describe. Is it a little problematic? Yes it is but it’s written by a white man so what did you expect? 

My favorite scene come when they go to the cop convention and tell one of the cops that they are starting to cut the heads off of drug users

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Racism and Rape

There is a lot of drug use in the book and at one point a character spirals thinking people are after him

sophiegorecki's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

5.0

Really good, fast paced writing. Unique and kept me interested the whole time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

cicely's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Vomit