Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

17 reviews

marissab's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Excrement, Racism, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racism, Rape, and Transphobia

clockworkstars's review

Livre très problématique et de plus très lent, aucune envie de le finir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Sexual content, Self harm, Rape, Racism, and Toxic relationship

cherryredmarlene's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

it is a weird and questionable book but the writing is a masterpiece 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Ableism, Sexism, and Racism

amandaoestreich's review

reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

Minor: Self harm

onion's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Antisemitism, Cancer, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Drug use

kearac's review

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Racism and Transphobia

emmaoline's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

I am left with one question after reading this book and that is how was this ever published?
Not just in terms of content but the writing seems like nonsensical drivel only found in a first draft. At times it felt like Aciman had recently purchased his first thesaurus when writing this book, but had yet to learn anything about punctuation. Whilst what is supposed to pass for plot feels more like horror than romance.

There are no likeable characters in this book. There are no people in this book, only aliens masquerading as people. Although I did enjoy the character Ada whose only purpose was to say "I am Ada," in a crowded room. If this was spoken to the main characters or not, or in the background is not really clear, which made it funnier.

But in the end, I am left reeling from the racist colonial ideology that came out of nowhere and had way too much time spent on it as if it were Shakespeare. This disgusting language was so disturbing I forgot the earlier passage where a peach was described as "bruises and damaged, like a rape victim,"[sic]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Deadnaming, Antisemitism, and Infidelity