Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

12 reviews

transgarf's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This is probably my favorite book at the moment. The way the story unfolds is so interesting and complex. Each character had their own stories even if they weren't the main character and it was tangible. Its definitely a bit long winded and takes a while to pick up speed, but I don't think it would've been as impactful for me if it was fast-paced. It left me with so many conflicted emotions in the best way possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Grief, and War

Minor: Racism, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mindins's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

La historia no logró atraparme completamente y el narrador no ayudaba en hacer la historia más dinámica tampoco.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Pedophilia and Cannibalism

ninczo's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime and Racism

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Classism

harveyhorse321's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

An amazing book, unlike anything I’ve read before - Glukhovsky has created a fascinating world with intriguing characters. Definitely creepy and scary at times, love the way he plays on the fear of the dark.
Would be even more interesting to get a grasp of the world from the view of more diverse characters - at the very least, women.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Racism, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism

doppy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

kuroishi_x's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Torture, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

isaaah's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: War

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

I was really looking forward to read this because I love scifi, so I had great expectations. The scifi part of it was good. Not great or fantastic, but good. 
Still I have such mixed feelings about this book. 
It was soo slow paced and boring, so many descriptions and unnecessary subplots. Also character/plot holes - what happened to Hunter for example? It wasn't totally scifi, had some magic or fantasy moments that weren't explained, what happened in the tunnels in the start?? 
ALSO THE END? EXCUSE ME? WHAT HAPPENED THERE????? I NEED ANSWERS!!!
But I really liked the internal monologues of Artyom and I feel like a lot of people forget about this but he had such deep and meaningful thoughts, it was so great to read about it and tbh that's what saved this book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Suicide, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

_ciaran's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Torture

Minor: Child death, Racism, and Cannibalism

0101_1_0111_1's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism