Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Siedem dni w czerwcu by Tia Williams

122 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

ngl there are a bunch of parts of this book that i think were unsuccessful or just not great/necessary. however, i fell in absolute love with the characters and their stories. i would do anything for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

bethsreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Police brutality

nita_07's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, and Violence

The book discusses what its like to be a Black author in America, Black identity and the struggles that underpin being Black in America. However, the relationship & love between the two characters is still the central part of the book and the book is both funny and hopeful. It also shine’s a light on non-physical disabilities.

honestlybella's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

god. my review will never adequately describe the beauty and pain of this book. and it was funny and witty and unbelievably GOOD. just read it. everyone read it. that’s it. *check content warnings please!!*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

mackenzbee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Self harm

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Self harm

Minor: Racism

otheywanttosing's review against another edition

4.0

"I liked everything about you. Even the scary parts."

This was a funny, raw, second-chance romance that opened my eyes and crumpled my heart.

Tia Williams' writing is unafraid to confront a painful past for the sake of true healing and happiness. If you want to read on motherhood, on breaking generational curses, on race in America, on chronic illness, on addiction, on the Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known ™️—but all of that with easy humour and grace through characters that feel like genuine people—read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Racism, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Police brutality

avacadosocks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and Racism

maddyontheoffbeat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Self harm

Minor: Child death

effy's review against another edition

2.75

I picked up this book having heard that it was a little more complicated than a second chance romance and that it was hard hitting. Ultimately I feel as though the romance portion of the book was the weakest aspect and just let the whole book down.

The fact that our main characters were absolutely besotted with one another after only 14 days (with a 15-year gap in the middle) was a really hard sell for me. I also hated the way that 

Ty was killed because Shane was happy and distracted; the point was that he was too involved in his mentees' lives and there was a co-dependency but it just felt too surface level the way that it was handled.

 

I also felt unsatisfied by Eva's whole situation. 

I find it hard to believe that she could just choose to not write the next book in a series that she is probably under contract for. I also wanted to see more of her family history story. And then I also felt unsatisfied by her situation with her mother, I think I needed some catharsis of her letting her mother truly have a piece of her mind or maybe establishing healthy boundaries?

I dunno, it just didn't sit well with me.

Ultimately, it was the ending that destroyed my opinion of this book as it did exactly what I hated in Twisted Love and kinda fast-forwarded through a lot of the romance and truly building and developing a relationship. We did get to see a bit more development in this book than Twisted Love but it just kinda felt like a love story in bullet points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, and Grief