Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore

8 reviews

piphux's review against another edition

2.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, Grief, and Death

Minor: Racism, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Biphobia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Wild Beauty is a story that goes much deeper than the synopsis on the back suggests. Much like the flowers that feature prominently in the story, under the fairy tale beauty are roots that dig deep into the earth. Read it if you like magical realism, stories about family, and/or mysterious modern fairy tales.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Violence, Alcohol, Confinement, and Misogyny

Minor: Body horror, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, and Blood

enchantressreads's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Bullying and Homophobia

meagangrace's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Violence

daphne_430's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious slow-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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Death, Biphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Blood

melaniereadsbooks's review

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I love Anna-Marie McLemore's writing and storytelling so much I would like them to send me their grocery-lists, please.

Seriously this writing is so beautiful and atmospheric and transcendent and mysterious. I loved this story so much and the way the five Nomeolvides cousins were exactly like sisters in all the ways that counted. I loved the family curse and how that turned out in the end. I absoluely loved Fel and Bay. They were both amazing characters that fit so well in the story and just made me so happy. This book is magic.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Violence, Colonisation, Body horror, and Physical abuse

annalisaely's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love plant magic, I love family love, I love girl love, I love woman-dominated stories, and this book delivered on all of those, plus exploring the editing of history by whoever's on top, the pros and cons of oral history, so many bi characters, and a genderqueer character (that's what she's referred to as by the author in the post-note, so that's what I'm going with).

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, and Violence

ehmannky's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely gorgeous. The prose is pretty, the setting is beautiful, and the emotional core of this story is stunning. I loved all the hard edges of the Nomeolvides girls, and how they find love that fits them all the same. And it's all so queer! Which I knew it would be going in, but it was still so delightful to read. In getting at a deeper theme for a second, I loved the emphasis on people taking responsibility for the harm their ancestors did, even if they had no idea they were perpetuating the harm. I think taking ownership of those wrongs is the only way to start towards reparations, and that you must be willing to relinquish power and control in order to push those reparations through. I felt that the fairy tale setting of this story offered a real tangible way of paying reparations as directly healing all those involved, and I was so happy with the ending.

Also, I know this has nothing to do with the writing, but the hardcover edition I have is maybe the prettiest book I own. It is truly lovely to hold. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Racism