Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

96 reviews

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Grief, Slavery, and Blood

charliebites's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Dementia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, and Sexism

Moderate: Police brutality and Classism

ktv's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Grief

dreamer626's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

imds's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

nadia's review

challenging funny 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

4.0

Loved the structure and "meta" nature of this book. I didn't quite grasp everything but I was very here for the whole concept of this book. I'd never given that much thought to the Asian American identity struggle and this was such an inventive way to explore it against the backdrops of White America and Black America. It definitely gave me a lot of food for thought!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and War

Minor: Gun violence

abbynordman's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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: Xenophobia and Racism

jpitts's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

ksbiz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I ate this up. 
It took me a wee bit to get into because of the writing style. 
There were some absolutely incredible lines, it was funny, honest, hilariously observational, all while illuminating the Asian- American experience 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Abandonment, Slavery, and Grief

laurelmb's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Racism