Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson

3 reviews

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Excrement, Death of parent, Addiction, Car accident, Blood, Death, Infertility, Cursing, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Suicide, Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, Classism, and Racism

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicide, War, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, and Genocide

akmistyrose's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.5

Picked this up as a "funny read" from some booklist somewhere.  I'd say clever over funny, but it finished well.  https://t.co/wwbJ7qA2tK

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Excrement, Misogyny, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Genocide

nicejewishgrl's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

The reason I give this book 4 stars instead of 5 is it is yet another white man writing from the perspective of a black woman. Not great. However, the writing style is funny as hell, the story is fun and adventurous, and I learned a lot about several different places in a unique yet vast time period. Would recommend if you want a laugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia