Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

4 reviews

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, and Murder

schausjk's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Blood, and Pregnancy

shutupiamreading's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

Minor: Racism

flameoflareon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.0

Definitely not the slow-burn romance foregrounding historical political upheaval that I was expecting, but that's my own fault for jumping to conclusions based on the summary. Some writing choices were a bit odd

like chapters that are supposed to be letters to a character having dialogue and narration

, but the foreshadowing was strong, the story interesting all the way through, and the ending satisfying. If you like sad, messed up heterosexuals, consider this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, and Abortion