Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

16 reviews

orinthebard's review against another edition

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

ladybugwrites's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I honestly only read this book because I have to for uni, and wasn't even sure I'd bother with a review.

And I won't give a good one, just say that this book had be almost fall asleep countless times and it's probably the most problematic book I've ever read. It's not worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Misogyny and Terminal illness

gxsobes's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Cannibalism

196books's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexism and Violence

luis0n7i's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cannibalism

b_caligari's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury