Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

4 reviews

booksandteatime's review

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Death, Murder, Blood, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Gore, Cancer, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

tinyplanet's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Minor: Antisemitism, Infidelity, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Classism, Cursing, Homophobia, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Deportation, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Blood, Racial slurs, Sexism, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Physical abuse, Cursing, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Rape, Torture, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

sarahyjackson's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

A vivid, visceral narrative that has just enough dystopian elements to make it speculative, and way more actuality to make the realism inescapable. 

If I were still a high school teacher, I’d assign this book. It manages to be both a condemnation of the American  prison industrial complex and a poem about violence, repair, suffering, & ethics. 

As comprehensive a story about abolition as I have read in a while. I’ll be thinking of Loretta & Hamara for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Blood, Torture, Body horror, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, and Body shaming

Moderate: Antisemitism and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship