Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

8 reviews

tey_lynn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

platypus1's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Horror scary dystopian 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Rape

bitterseason's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Rape, Slavery, Abandonment, and Antisemitism

mar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Racism, Body horror, Murder, Racial slurs, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Slavery, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Antisemitism, and Sexual content

breezer's review against another edition

3.75

Loved the metaphors and certain scenes were fantastic, the style just didn't work for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape and Racism

e_lace's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I wish ending the kkk was this simple 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Slavery and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

booksthatburn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

5.0

RING SHOUT is a tense and adventurous novella set in 1915 with the Klan as monstrous racists and Ku Kluxes as interdimensional monsters spreading like a disease among them, fought by a close-knit Black resistance.

This adds a supernatural angle to real events in a way that heightens the stakes but doesn't excuse the actual historical violence. The Ku Kluxes are there because of the racism and hatred which the Klan already has, and this works so well in the narrative. Maryse is a fantastic protagonist, the resistance are a great group, and I especially enjoyed Dr. Bisset. 

I wasn't expecting aftercare in a story this short but this wraps up things really well in terms of the emotional arc, with a satisfying resolution on other fronts. There's tiny moment that makes me think this could support a sequel in the same world, so if that materializes I'm very interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Drug use, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Antisemitism, Sexual content, and Rape

booknug's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Minor: Rape