Reviews tagging 'Racism'

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

10 reviews

traa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Classism, Racism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Deportation, Ableism, and Cultural appropriation

pikkumarja's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I do not know what to say or think. The book contains a lot of interesting, sometimes even funny observatorions but I feel the story will be out dated in a few years because some of the chromically online parts felt like that already. The main character is kinda annoying and I feel like I am supposed to feel connected to her but I don't want to and I don't feel the connection. Storytelling and language is still five stars.

I did not know the book (or the second half of it) is autofictional. I realized that just before the ending. The second half of the book is heartwarming and heartbreaking. Two halves are total opposites and it bothered me. Some connection would have been nice.

After all, I still kind of recommend the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

Minor: Blood

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Pregnancy, Abortion, Cursing, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism, Mass/school shootings, and Ableism

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional reflective

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Child death, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Confinement, Incest, War, Abortion, Addiction, Mass/school shootings, Cultural appropriation, and Vomit

chloeuvres's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A narrative told in little snippets of text, each a solid gut punch. If the strength of this book is how painfully plausible it is (e.g. a main character being internet famous for tweeting "Can a dog be twins?"), the brief scene where

someone's therapist tries to convince them to hate the police

significantly weakens its point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Child death

Moderate: Police brutality and Racism

kstericker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Police brutality, Ableism, Abortion, Sexual assault, Racism, Pedophilia, and Misogyny

pawpaw's review

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Colonisation and Racism

hellovivi_'s review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I loved the premise of this book, but the disjointed writing style didn’t appeal to me. The writing was great and the emotion was definitely there but it just wasn’t for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Child death

Moderate: Racism

ladymirtazapine's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Grief, Death, and Child death

Minor: Bullying, Ableism, Racism, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

brittishliterature's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Rape