Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Colony by Audrey Magee

3 reviews

leo14's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

oliviashleigh's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, and War

katewhite77's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

A Wonderfully lyrical Novel.

A beautiful meditation on colony and colonisation and mainly. but not exclusively the geopolitical Anglo-Irish iteration with a particular focus on language. 

I would recommend the audio version of this particular book as I think this book is probably best heard than read  if possible just let the words carry you across the Irish Sea. 

This is not an easy read but an important and poetic one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Classism