Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Bailey's Café by Gloria Naylor

3 reviews

caydencj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I think that there are parts of this book that are really fantastic but it gets kind of weird in the second half with all the talk about Isreal as a Jewish promised land. I wouldn't say this is a zionist book, but the only time it acknowledges Palestinian occupation is with a short, vague line. Very strange and made me feel gross!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Abortion, Alcohol, and Classism

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

lucyob's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful medium-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

4.0

"If life is truly a song, then what we’ve got here is just snatches of a few melodies."

This was great. Naylor is a really good writer who had such a great sense of style, comedic timing, and characterization. The only things I wasn't the biggest fan of were how dark the book is -- it's essentially bad things happening to people for 240 pages, but it is occasionally offset by levity, and my favorite chapters were Sadie and Mariam's, which are very hard to read at times, so it's not a total drawback -- and the fact that I read this for an assignment lol. Still, definitely would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Self harm

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