Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

5 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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One of the best details that gave it extra points is that it's about the same time reading as it would be for an actual script for a regular feature length film. 5 stars for the audiobook. Of the few audiobooks I've listened to, they're produced very dry, just a persom reading to you, but this one has sounds effects and little fun details that make the already vibrant story really come alive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Hate crime, Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Death, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Hate crime, Slavery, Alcoholism, Deportation, War, and Xenophobia

galexy_brain's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Death, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Classism, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

grvhppr's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

What an eye opener this book was to being Asian in America. While it obviously doesn’t express every perspective, we garner the point of view of ‘Asian man’ who didn’t make it in STEM and tried one of the more available routes—acting. We witness yellow versus one of most common racial tensions in America—Black—by teaming up a Caucasian and African American cop duo to incorporate Willis’s ‘generic Asian man’ into the cop show Black and White. Through both a comical and shameful showing of how minorities are allowed to act, the author almost says that there’s a pecking order of minorities. That akin to the waiting period and role experience resets between ‘deaths’, Asians wait in line to be the next acceptable minority to receive public attention calling for equality. That through Turner we the reader saw how Blacks have the lead role alongside Whites at the moment. 

What a lesson it is for our coming generations to not accept equality and acceptance one at a time. No person should have to suffer and be someone they aren’t in society. 

I can’t help but think of Willis’s mom in the second act when she says to him

“Don’t aspire to be Kong Fu Man.”

What a shock it must have been for the young boy, but how right in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Misogyny

Asian racism

mandkips's review

challenging hopeful fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Dementia

Moderate: Suicide, Misogyny, and Sexism

alayamorning's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, and Sexual assault