Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark

30 reviews

f18's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, Sexual content, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Animal death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Vomit

sucreslibrary's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 thought this was gonna be 4 stars but I just can't rate it lower than 5. with great characters (including a charming stud that openly flirts w/ and picks up women, loves it), some terrifying creatures and a heart-pounding climax, what more could I ask for? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

rivercat0338's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

jourdanicus's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Vomit

albusmumblecore's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Antisemitism

andreiaoh's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Sexual content

kiannaw's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content

yavin_iv's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Gore, Body horror, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Antisemitism

slothbecca's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I picked up Ring Shout because somebody said if you liked Lovecraft Country you'd like this. I think this rings true ESPECIALLY if you loved the first episode (he even writes about LC on his blog!). I came across the Clark's blog and he included songs that inspired him while writing Ring Shout. GUYS! *screeches* Listening to a Shout while reading this was more immersive than VR.

You know your girl loves reading books that include eye dialect (once upon a time I wanted to major in linguistics). Reading Gullah was such a treat. It's the language of the Gullah Geechee people from South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. It's closest relative is Bahamian Creole. It has over 300 loan words from several African languages, most notably Mende, Vai, and Fulani.

This was my first body horror book... Thanks I fucking hated it 💀 . I have never felt so uncomfortable reading a scene. God please erase these images from my mind. Despite all the ....mouths, I loved Clarks's monsters. Especially because they're based on folklore. As a nurse, my heart broke with the introduction of Night Doctors (wiki it!). They are beings that come into the night to steal you away to perform experiments/dissections on you. It's monster based on some truth and we all know that's the scariest type.

Little book, big story AFFFFF

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

mandkips's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Death, Blood, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content