Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

66 reviews

buud_w0rm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content

emnime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexism

discodetective's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I might have to read this again when I have more time to sit with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Sexism, and Police brutality

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

derikabailey's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

1.0

Read for Classics Book Club, all I can say is it was just too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Police brutality

kate_elle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

amelody's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense slow-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: Ableism, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

helsbelles's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

keen'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Medical content

hlw1983's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-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

5.0

A harrowing illustration of civil rights era America. A kind of coming of age story, darkly funny and sometimes absurd. The first chapter was initially published as a stand alone piece and the later tone is slower and somewhat more measured. Better to read with plenty of time, not one for snatched chapters. The author or perhaps central character has a strange indifference  to 'the woman problem' which sits oddly with the general premise today. Thought provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Rape, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood