Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

4 reviews

pocketbook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I read this in middle or high school the first time around, and I didn’t remember the parts that took place in the “present time.” I remember being so gutted by

Father Roche’s death

and that I enjoyed this book, but not too many specifics beyond that. I’m so happy I revisited this one. Rerated because this will be staying with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Physical abuse, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Classism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Racism

Minor: Suicide

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Terminal illness, Vomit, Animal death, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Antisemitism, and Xenophobia

Mentions of a fictional pandemic in 2014, detailed depiction of a deadly flu outbreak and of the bubonic plague

uranaishi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Grief, Death, Vomit, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Classism, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, and Animal death

Minor: Excrement, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Rape, and Pregnancy

rhymeswithnova's review

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death