Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Sugarbread by Balli Kaur Jaswal

6 reviews

geneviever's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape

_jchinasa's review

emotional mysterious reflective 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: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Chronic illness and Child death

kejianming's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Minor: Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexism

pickingweeds's review

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? It's complicated

3.75

Read this for a module in university. I enjoyed the character of the narrator, an opinionated and sassy girl. Asian families are relatable everywhere.

I liked how certain family members were not given redemption arcs but was expecting more from the uncle. The story was kind of predictable with all the foreshadowing, but is logical and realistic. I don't know how I feel about the book's solution to racism being to be the bigger person. A friend pointed out how so many women's trauma is sexual assault and how this book is no different. I agree that it could definitely have been something else and carried the same message.

Overall, I still enjoy the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Vomit, Sexism, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Pedophilia, Misogyny, and Child death

dinojah's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

The smell of fish blood filled my nostrils and when I tasted it, I suddenly knew how Ma could cook according to her emotions. The taste of fish was the taste of hatred, pure and simple. I could not connect it to anything else. This was how it must have started; this is the only way Ma knew how to speak to the world. When she said anything else, nobody listened. Her stories and her feelings and her intentions had to be conveyed through spices and recipes, sauces, oils and meats.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Racism

femmenova's review

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Really wonderfully written. When I think of Singapore Literature, this is what I think of. This captures exactly the spirit of being here in our country.

My only critic would be the unnecessary fat people = mean caricature to describe "Fat Auntie". I thought we have moved past that unnecessary typing for characters and felt like it was simply unnecessary stereotyping. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Sexual assault