Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

9 reviews

readandfindout's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny

micaelamariem's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

 found this book to be very educational, motivational, and eye-opening. It was interesting, though brutal, to learn the full scale of the history of caste in america and how awful we can be as humans. I think everyone could benefit from reading this. However, though I agree with Wilkerson on everything including the politics of today, I can see how it might polarize people to where they’d miss the point she’s trying to make. I also think the cohesiveness of the narrative could have been better. Still, overall a great read of a dark history and startling present! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

leneliest's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ebrown0789's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

This book was eye-opening. My only complaint is that I felt there were way too many analogies towards the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Police brutality

tlilf's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

buttermellow's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Gun violence and Police brutality

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Compelling and thought-provoking, Caste outlines the similarities between the traditional caste system in India and previously unidentified caste systems in Nazi Germany and America. This book highlights the parallels between the human hierarchies that each of these countries created and perpetuated. It discusses how the caste system created through the slave trade in the 1600’s is still being carried out today, in quieter but still nefarious ways. This book was difficult to put down. I had never considered racism through the lens of castes before but Wilkerson makes a great argument for why caste is the one stronghold in our country that must be broken in order for true healing and equality to happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

miascupoftea's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

It’s a very dark book, but definitely something everyone who can push through the heavy parts should read. very informative and great insights 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Antisemitism