Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

16 reviews

ekmoore11's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, Xenophobia, and Rape

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

shoohoob's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Genuinely one of the most tense books I have ever read. There is such a feeling of terror and anxiety in every word of this book. I somehow knew what was coming and STILL managed to be shocked at the end. Every time there was even a shred of happiness, it was taken away just as fast. I loved it!

I also wanted to note that this is NOT a romance book. The sapphic aspect is interspersed and is not the main focus of the book. Just be aware of that in case you are recommended this book as a sapphic read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Blood, Animal death, Torture, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Grief, Death, and Cursing

sophafie's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Xenophobia, Death, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny

Moderate: Torture and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicidal thoughts

serian's review

mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Grief, and Death

Minor: Rape

lucyselim's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was truly a case of 'it's not you, it's me'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Sexism, Death, Hate crime, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

amanda_hook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death