Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

14 reviews

valjeanval's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Powerful book especially in the post 2020 world. Hard to believe it was published in 2019. Definitely hard to read at times but one of the few books I had trouble putting down at night because I needed to know what happened next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

rely's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved the plot. I liked mist if the characters but Shana drove me nuts. She took me out of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gwimo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Outing

brigidc's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

This book made me so unhappy. It wasn’t the sci-fi fantasy that I felt the back cover’s description portrayed, instead it was dark and gruesome and miserable with no redeeming positive themes or moments. It’s not for everyone, and it wasn’t for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

I read this a year ago and added all the content warnings I could remember (over 20) but there were probably some I forgot. In addition to a (minor/vague spoiler)