Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

15 reviews

alicesayshi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Racism

Moderate: Slavery and Trafficking

jg93's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Medical content, Animal death, Violence, Miscarriage, and Homophobia

Minor: Transphobia, Abortion, and Antisemitism

beckkopp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I loved this book. If there is any complaint, it’s just that the middle section is a little slow and the end love story wasn’t as built out as I was expecting, but honestly this book is about so much more than romantic love. It’s about family, freedom, and independence. It’s about the battle of being a woman. I think this book will stick with me for a very long time and I am grateful for that. Maybe just glance at content warnings before giving it a read however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Xenophobia, Sexism, Trafficking, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Death of parent

dwager's review against another edition

adventurous

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

This book went places I was not expecting and was ultimately very satisfying. There were themes of colonialism and feminism that nevertheless worked, in part due to the gold rush setting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Miscarriage

Moderate: Colonisation, Rape, Murder, Racism, and Confinement

franksreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Colonisation, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Trafficking, War, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Alcoholism

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Kidnapping, Racism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Slavery, Colonisation, Death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, and Trafficking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Abortion

idajoh's review against another edition

emotional informative relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

This book surprised me! I went into this expecting that I might like it... turns out I loved it! My biggest complaint about this book is that it ended.

This is a book about feminity and what it means to be a woman, in relation to each other, society and a lover. 

Allende's storytelling is rich and believable, and there's rarely a dull moment, even when nothing really significant is happening. I also loved the small crumbs of foreshadowing that are spread throughout the book, which seem inisignificant upon first glance.

This isn't normally a book I would've picked up, but Allende peaked my interest because I was trying to complete a reading challenge and I needed a book written by a latina author. In addition, my mom seems to love her. I'll definitely pick up more of her books, and more books like this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Classism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

aliteracja's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Trafficking, Racism, Pregnancy, Abortion, Miscarriage, Medical content, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Classism, Colonisation, and Murder

ksorianotaylor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

i always find the experience of a book seeming boring/not great in the beginning but then you stick with it and it’s actually amazing to be sooo satisfying. and that was my experience. definitely like water for chocolate vibes!

i didn’t super love eliza (or joaquin) but to me they were the vehicle for a fun story. if you make it through eliza’s suffocating family and the first half of the book in valparaiso, the gold rush in california is a rollicking adventure. (also cw so much racism—i believe it is to give evidence of how cruel it was back then but it’s still jarring.) also on that note i think tao’s storyline was a bit of a stereotype.

but i really loved his and eliza’s relationship. and i loved eliza as a cowboy?!

and i don’t know why the quickness of the ending and the allusions to stories that get left untold didn’t bother me, i felt like i got enough of each story.

lol sorry jacob todd

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Racism, and Miscarriage