Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson

4 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

kayesomething's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Confinement, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Murder, Car accident, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

thisisris's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

I had been looking forward to reading this book, as I had enjoyed a previous book by this author (The 100 Year Old Man) but I ended up being extremely disappointed. The book is insanely boring and the characters are all rather unlikeable. The two main characters Nombeko & Holger 2 are … fine? I didn’t dislike them but I certainly was not attached to them. I considered adding this to the DNF pile but ended up pushing through and finishing the book. Kinda regret that decision though. Also it should be noted the book uses a lot of derogatory language that in my opinion is incredibly unnecessary to the story and I’m very confused as to why is was so prevalent in this kind of story?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs