Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Parachutes by Kelly Yang

9 reviews

mayalehmann's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

cosmicwillow's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a really important, powerful story. I really enjoyed it, however, it definitely started slow and took too much, unnecessary time establishing the setting and the way the characters interact before getting into the main subject matter at the core of the story. When it got to that content, I felt it moved too fast, so a bit of a pacing issue in there, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia

loveroflibros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

traceyanderson's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

bendersreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

iksme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

The last hour (roughly 1/10) took me so long to read because I could only listen to a few moments at a time. It is so emotionally heavy to read. Give yourself time and space for this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, and Stalking

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, and Cultural appropriation

dominicangirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

roseamongstories's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Racial slurs

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This isn't exactly what I was expecting, but in a good way! This book is heavily about sexual assault, harassment, rape, and the ways that teenage girls aren't believed. Especially teenage girls of color, when there are power imbalances involved. Yang does such a good job with these topics, and there are parts of this book that made me so angry because I know this happens in real life. 

I wish we got to see more interaction between Dani and Claire. They live together, but they're kind of just orbiting each other's lives. Also I wanted more of Dani's mom! She played a pretty big part at the beginning of the book, and then kinda just disappeared until the end. I wanted to see more of her and Dani's relationship, since we got to see Claire and her mom's. 

The pacing also felt a bit off at times. The resolution felt rather abrupt, and there were sections that it was difficult to tell how much time was really passing. While I'm okay with open endings, I just wanted a little more at the end of this book. I wanted to see a little more growth from both Dani and Claire. 

That being said, the discussions about racism and sexual harassment in here are just so powerful. I absolutely recommend it for that reason!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing and Vomit