Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Το σβήσιμο by Percival Everett

28 reviews

josie2k's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Dementia, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Dysphoria

Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Murder

michellesaidread's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this one. At times funny, others sad. I understand the point the author is making (and it's a good one), but I'm not sure his writing style is my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide and Murder

lifesarosch's review against another edition

dark funny medium-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

5.0

Big haha what the fuck vibes. Might be my favorite of his books thus far. A book that republicans would like to ban (complimentary)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide, Dementia, and Murder

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Gun violence, Dementia, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide

andreabey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

katewhite77's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I don't usually like novels that mess around with form

However, this is brilliant. We follow Monk through a crazy time in his life by reading his notebook and journal. We are also privvie to his latest literary offering.

Here, Everett uses humour to mercilessly critique the presence of institutional racism mainly in the publishing industry, but elsewhere, too. He does this by publishing the racism to extreme to see where it might land.

The greatest compliment I can give this book is that one day, I would like to write something similar around disability. 

There is also a sweet subplot about how to grow old gracefully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.25

I feel about this book the same way I look at a Salvador Dalí painting - with a touch of awe, a giant dose of WtF, and a large, sinking stone in my belly of sadness and disgust. I would’ve rated this higher for so those reasons, except it felt too incomplete and rushed. There needed more development between the siblings. I hope the movie is better!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Abandonment, and War

asimenia's review against another edition

dark medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I DNFed this book 3/4ths through but it got picked up for book club so I picked it back up and finished it!

It’s not sequential and much of it is whims and chaotic, which is always a hard read for me. The book that was written as a farce was very very long. Quite a long joke. 

It wasn’t for me, but I look forward to giving the movie a shot!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Dementia, and Murder