Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

11 reviews

tinyplanet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Minor: Antisemitism, Infidelity, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Classism, Cursing, Homophobia, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Deportation, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

thedreammachine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Classism, Physical abuse, Slavery, Grief, Suicide, Racism, Self harm, Police brutality, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Ableism, Sexual assault, and Addiction

texashippie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Classism, Domestic abuse, Racism, Lesbophobia, Gore, Homophobia, Police brutality, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Rape, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sariereads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Murder, Gore, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, and Slavery

Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

anthologee's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Self harm, Mental illness, Gun violence, Confinement, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Classism, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Racism, Hate crime, Rape, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, Gore, Genocide, Cursing, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

atiek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

There's a lot to unpack with this book. The timely reflection of our society when it comes to race, class, and how they interact with the criminal system is entwined with the plot, as two of the main characters are put on a crash course of destruction that somehow leads to freedom. The symbolism of "freedom" is inescapable as the author dares you to accept the hardest parts of liberation for all including forgiveness for the nastiest of us and the willingness to change the illness of social problems that lead to the worst parts of how we treat each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Violence, Classism, Blood, Death, Confinement, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, and Grief

dstack's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Gore, Torture, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Confinement, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Blood, and Murder

poppers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Blood, Sexism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Misogyny, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape and Self harm

booksie78's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Gore, Mental illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Grief

ladyinverse's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

(audiobook)

definitely a book I'm going to be thinking about for a long while. I definitely recommend listening to this an an audiobook because the gentleman who reads the part for Hendrix has a beautiful voice and I was brought to tears during his singing parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Blood, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder