Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

3 reviews

pavonini's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Hate crime, Deportation, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicide

kimschouwenaar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

holy crap, this was wild — an absolute “roller coaster ride” of a book (thank you angela carter). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Islamophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexism, Pregnancy, Racism, Child abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Hate crime

lanid's review

challenging dark reflective

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Excrement, Suicide, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture