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Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'
Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline
5 reviews
smagzisreading's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
crystalisreading's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Lesbophobia
Threats of being sent to Indian boarding schoolbrooketreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I did find the story predictable. As I said, I haven’t read The Secret Garden so I have no clue how closely it follows that. I found the pacing a little off - this may be just me. I’m not really a fan of historical fiction, so this may have been some of my issue.
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Racial slurs, and Racism
Minor: Death of parent and Classism
caidyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, and Medical content
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
kayceeisbookish's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting