Reviews tagging 'Death'

Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

19 reviews

lliizz12's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Racism, Racial slurs, and Death

kfm96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, and Police brutality

purplepenning's review

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Vomit, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Cancer, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content

There is a light-hearted, comical tone to much of the book, but it's disassociative and juxtaposed with darker, serious realities.

deenice2819's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, Bullying, Gun violence, Police brutality, Murder, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Blood, Child death, Classism, Slavery, and Mental illness

yamumsnotproud's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A bit trippy, a lot timely. The reckoning on matters of race that America has faced permeates this story. It floats like an omnipotent perfume, heady and dangerous. The characters are reminder that Black suffering and death are devastatingly unremarkable in their prevalence. A truely heartbreaking notion. It is about the acts of mothers, fathers and communities trying to break the wheel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, and Racism

Challenging and incredibly inventive narrative about Black trauma, death and police brutality.

rozereads's review

challenging mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Keeps you guessing what it's all about until the last third of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Body horror

missmacreads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Racism

kaylasonlyheart's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Child death

isnotacrayon's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

This book is no joke. Charlie Kauffman-esque in its surrealism that devolves into almost fever dream. The most unreliable narrator ever. Fantastic writing, and meaning, and it should be read by the masses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Gun violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness