Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

8 reviews

ktb97's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Perfectly paced. It’s mysterious with plenty of creepiness mixed in. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aparker89's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

throwback682's review against another edition

As user leonorekoki noted, the way the one indigenous character in this book is portrayed is BIG YIKES. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

kurumipanda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Suicide, and Murder

lyla_lynn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I listened to this on audiobook and I'd say it definitely helped me get through. The themes of family, loss, grief really came through and the blending of timelines actually worked really well. I really enjoyed the mystery element to it more than I had in The Invited perhaps because the clear different timelines really helped flush things out. Overall a great book to listen to while knitting on dark winter evenings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Medical trauma

leonorekoki's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

I can’t get over the racist depiction of the book’s single  indigenous character. There are other things the author did well but this character is so central to the narrative,  and the author’s depiction so hard to stomach that I couldn’t in good conscience recommend this book to anyone, not when there are so many books to read. It saddens me that the only review I could find that reflects this was from a Native reader. You don’t need to be indigenous to recognize how flat, simplistic,  animalistic and problematic the author’s portrayal of Auntie is, and how poorly it serves the story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

jjjreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

angielisle's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism