Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Slade House by David Mitchell

14 reviews

epeolatrist's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Slade House is incredibly well written. However... there were a lot of things missing for me. The novel didn't exactly read like a novel and rather like five intertwined short stories. I felt like there was little character development, other than a small amount for Norah and Jonah at the end. Speaking of the end, I'm quite confused. It seemed a bit abrupt to me. I wish that I had gotten some background on Iris and how she came to be a so-called "astronaut." I did not dislike Slade House. It's a fast and interesting read. I was just left a little underwhelmed toward the end. It's not a book that I think I will pick up again in the future, unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, and Sexual content

mmefish's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

I liked the hopelessness and trickiness of the story but hated the info-dump and the conclusion.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death and Racism

mooshake's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

the last story was a let down but i’ve got to give props to a horror that, yknow, actually scared me lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Murder

shesaidlividly's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content

georgiakirkegard's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Police brutality

z_thatsit's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Car accident

somanyjacks's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

I read this without knowing anything about The Bone Clocks, which is set in the same universe apparently. As such, the ending came completely out of nowhere for me, which greatly dampened my enjoyment of the book overall. I read other reviews after the fact that said this book stands alone from The Bone Clocks, but I'm not sure I would agree. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Racism

caspian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

HOLY SHIT

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Racism

avery219's review

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

nick13's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

I thought this book was a really cool idea and even though I haven't read the book that goes with this one, I still really liked my time spent with it overall.

my favorite story is a tie between the second to last one and the last one as they both were told really interestingly and even though the second to last one in the bar is a little bit of a horror trope, I always find it a really cool idea that is always gets me a little race in my heart.

A solid 4, I'm giving bonus points because I really liked how it was written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, and Gore

Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Police brutality