Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

25 reviews

samchase112's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

A brilliant, distressing satire about Asian stereotypes and American culture. Both devastating and hopeful at once.

I highly recommend the audiobook, it was well-performed and, thanks to the narrator’s fantastic portrayals of multiple characters and voices and accents, I never felt lost even in this uniquely structured story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

skudiklier's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I really liked this! At first I found some of it hard to follow, just in terms of what was "really" happening vs what wasn't, but overall I don't think that diminished the quality or anything like that. I'm glad I listened to the audiobook as I feel like that works really well for this sort of screenplay format. This book was engaging, heartfelt, and funny, and I'd definitely recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Slavery

forrestalexander's review against another edition

funny informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, and Death

cinnamonandpancakes's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I read this book extremely fast, I was hooked from the very beginning. Having it formatted as a screenplay seems like a gimmick at first but I found it to actually be a really clever way of creating this sense of the narrator's emotional distance from the people in his life and lent a feeling of unreality to everything.

This book doesn't hold its punches, or refrain from sliding a stiletto between your ribs, but it's so well done that you can't help admiring the skill involved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Violence

Part of the book deals with the early Kuomintang era of Taiwan and the violence that took place then. There is also significant reference to the particular ways the US has tried to exclude Asians from immigrating or becoming citizens.

coe's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Violence

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

linguini18's review against another edition

emotional funny informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

mleckie's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

A very unique story and narrative structure. I’ve never read a book quite like it - felt like a really powerful, yet approachable, way to discuss some pretty heavy topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Violence

courtsbooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

b_caligari's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Death