Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

13 reviews

risemini's review

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

mjtal's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

madeleineelr's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, Drug use, and Gun violence

oz2021's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

surprisebear's review

challenging reflective tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Addiction, Racism, Hate crime, Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

frazilice's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

jayisreading's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

Hamid’s books either work for me or they don’t. I thoroughly enjoyed Exit West when I first read it, felt eh about How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and I have to say, The Last White Man falls in the “eh” category. It was an interesting idea to look into a primarily white town and seeing the residents waking up with a darker skin tone one day. I didn’t think Hamid handled the concept poorly… only because he didn’t really have anything critical about race. It really made me wonder what his goal was in writing this story, because if it was to make some kind of commentary about race, I’m not seeing it. I’m also wondering if the book didn’t work particularly well because it was so short.

One thing I did enjoy (though I know others have written about disliking this aspect) is Hamid’s writing style. I always found the way he played with writing interesting, and it certainly was the case in The Last White Man.

Unfortunately, my expectations weren’t met with this one, though I wish it did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

sarahmae531's review

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A very interesting topic, beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

caterpillar's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

i really liked the premise of this book and the story as it played out! i didn’t love the style of writing (run-on sentences/stream of consciousness) because it made it hard for me to keep my attention on what i was reading. however, as the book progressed, i began to enjoy it more

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, Violence, Racism, Suicide, Hate crime, and Death of parent

hanreadin's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide