Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Las serpientes de plata by Roshani Chokshi

5 reviews

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.75

That cliffhanger should be illegal, go into this book knowing you’ll need to start the next one soon after. Séverin still pissed me off in this one, but the other main characters are top tier. The more treasure hunting/Indiana Jones vibe was so fun in this book. I liked the plot just a tad bit more than the first one. Can’t wait to see where the story goes. 

Treasure Hunt, Romance Subplots, Diverse Characters, 1 🔥

“He wanted someone who would enter a room and look for him first, to behold him as though the secrets of the world lay somewhere in his gaze, to finish his sentences.”

“When a man cannot see a person as a person, then the devil has slipped into him and is peering out of his eyes.”

“I envy you because you can look at yourself. You can bear your own reflection, knowing you can shoulder the weight of every choice you made and regret you carry. That is a rare thing as one gets older.”

“Gods burned cities and spared a child. Gods put gold in the palms of the wicked and left that miserable currency of hope in the hearts of the good.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Xenophobia

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm so disappointed in this book, I loved the first one, during the first read, and I still liked it during the second reread but this one made no sense. It got interested in the last 60 pages but even then, the last few chapters were meh. I don't like the arc of severin, it barely made any logical sense, and I just really didn't see the world unfolding like it did. It was also quite confusing at times, the sentences/action sequences didn't always follow each other. Only person I truly love is zofia 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, and Xenophobia

freya_alex123's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Antisemitism, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Car accident, Misogyny, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Drug use, and Xenophobia

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Torture, Religious bigotry, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Colonisation, Body horror, Antisemitism, Blood, Gore, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Genocide, and Sexual content

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Rape, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia