Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu

5 reviews

romeroreads's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

Great premise and setting, but the characters and writing fell flat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming and Ableism

social_eyes's review

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Racism

Minor: Blood

karcitis's review

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Alcohol, Murder, Gun violence, Sexism, Colonisation, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, Excrement, Abortion, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, and Death of parent

lucy_shanners's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

barefootsong's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

The setting (1930s Singapore) is really interesting, but the writing was a bit uneven. (I always get annoyed when 1st person POV suddenly switches to 3rd, unless there's a compelling reason, but it seemed especially weird here given that there were only a couple of 3rd person sections and they were pretty short.)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault