Reviews tagging 'Racism'

We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

6 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

3.25; Objectively, this is a good story and it was written very well. I see why so many people love it and why it means so much to them, and I understand it can be especially important to those who’ve read it during specific times in their life. But subjectively it was hard for me to read because it was so incredibly bleak and depressing, and I didn’t enjoy that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Racism

moon's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Homophobia, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Miscarriage

Minor: Racism

sincerelykore's review

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion, Torture, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Racism, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

amz1006's review

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

“We missed midnight.” 
“We didn’t miss it. It just happened without us.”


I really liked this book. I didn’t read any reviews or descriptions beyond “boy meet aliens, aliens say you have to decided weather to save the earth” so I really was expecting more sci-fi and less depressed boy, but I still enjoyed the story and read it in one sitting, which honestly is a little impressive bc I have been having a hard time focusing on books in the last few months. 

It’s interesting contemplating whether this is even a sci-fi book at all. The book is written in first person, so you can’t discount Henry’s experiences bc he certainly is experiencing them, but bc it first person you could call into question if he’s actually there or just experiencing hallucinations 🤔. Henry is an unreliable narrator so it’s possible. 

I always enjoy some good existentialism tho

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism

ha1yan's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I really didn't enjoy the use of

a rape attempt

as a situation to have the love interest save the MC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Blood, and Dementia

Minor: Racism and Self harm

Attempted sexual assault

jo_han_na's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Dementia, Miscarriage, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, and Vomit