Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

6 reviews

horizonous's review

challenging reflective fast-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

2.5

This is a difficult one to rate and review. It's unlike anything I ever read and very unique in its screenplay formatting. I liked how the theme of assimilation is explored through generic Hollywood stereotypes but I can't help but think in the end it lacked a bit of depth because it was more style then substance? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death and Dementia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Blood, and Genocide

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

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

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

kelseyland's review

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

5.0

A surreal satire of racist Hollywood tropes that follows the protagonist's quest to move from Generic Asian Man to Kung Fu Guy in the cop drama Black and White, which films in the Chinese restaurant below his apartment. The script format is a brilliant choice, and within that limited medium Yu is able to create a story that is funny, emotional, and wholly original. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Blood