Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

2 reviews

jo_lzr's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Drug use, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Addiction, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape

jennikreads's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.75

This is a tough one for me. I got a lot out of this book and I think it has a lot to say, but i didn't enjoy reading this at all. It was hard to read and a little too close to the bone at times, but it really does highlight how a lot of the things were are dealing with in terms of race and class if left unchecked will only worsen and intensify. Climate change and the exodus from earth and how those things are experienced differently across race and class is brought into stark relief in this book. As i said, a lot to unpack here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, Racism, Terminal illness, Death, Child death, Classism, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement