Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, الطيب صالح

23 reviews

confuusedcreaturex4's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.0

I still feel like I don't what to feel about this fever dream of  a book 
I liked the writing,he's certainly a good writer,I loved the descriptions and the places and so many things about the writing but I just couldn't look over the sexism and misogyny there even tho I know that it's understandable considering the time and place but I still didn't like how many times it wasn't addressed as an issue and sometimes even the characters that re aware of the wrongness of some things sometimes it feels like they act as if they don't think its that much of  abig deal, the explicit sexual scenes were just toooo much,the way Mustafa and some of the elderlies talks about women was just so disgusting and racist at so many times,I read  a lot of reviews to see what other people thought about this cause  know it has to signify something bigger about colonization and all but I stillfeel like that wasn't the best way to talk about it ,in just 200 pages there was  a lot of stuff and I was often left confused and perplexed,I'm sure with time ill probably change my mind about so many things and think about some others but for now that's all of it and unf again still cant really wrap my head around it for some reason 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

adverb17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

dawntin's review

dark reflective slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicide and Violence

my_plant_library's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

gabriellesimpson's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Violence and Sexual harassment

maithaalfalasi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

manoushp109's review against another edition

dark reflective

5.0

read this for the modern western other literature course i took - fucking insane. this writing goes hard the characters are all hate-able there’s so much trauma everywhere and so many trigger warnings but i loved it in a traumatizing way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent

chezie's review

dark medium-paced

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

Wasn't expecting the book to go the way it did when I picked it up, writing was beautiful in many places but the overall story wasn't for me. Make sure to check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

samothraces's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

la_bue's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, and Sexism