Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

7 reviews

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

claireh6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

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

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

with_hart's review

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Trafficking

Minor: Xenophobia and Racism