Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

63 reviews

anna_m_k's review against another edition

Unfortunately, I cannot see what its fans and the Booker Prize saw in this book. While the language is evocative, Roy really overused repetition as a literary device. And the attempt to have a childish narrator during the childhood time period personally did not work and created a confused narrative voice. The hopping time periods and the social commentary was very interesting. But I did not find any of fhe characters compelling enough to follow through.

Additionally, the way fat and disabled bodies were described were othering and deeply cruel. The fact that two characters were fat was constantly mentioned alongside their moral and personality failings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Pedophilia

Moderate: Child death and Classism

darren_cormier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Classism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Incest

archie_dermott's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

buzzybuzzybeefudge's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

The prose was gorgeous and had a lot of really creative and visceral motifs but

WHY DID IT END IN TWINCESSSSST UGHHHHHHHH

also in general it was just really dark with a lot of disgusting visuals which were powerful but very difficult to listen to, so i would be careful if you are considering reading this book. read trigger warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, and Classism

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Racism

miiii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Classism

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest

serenspace's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Sexual content, Grief, and Classism

avuavu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

ganes1410's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Classism

heather_c_w's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Beautifully written. Hard to read at times with the subject matter. I found it tricky to follow and get the gist at points, as the narrative switches perspectives and time frames a lot. But things generally became a bit clearer towards the end as the timelines merged - and this actually reflects that clarity that comes to the characters in adulthood in comparison to their childhood understanding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism and Classism

annatan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Colonisation