escapinginpaper's review
- 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
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Injury/injury detail, Racial slurs, Murder, and Slavery
Moderate: Gun violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, Colonisation, War, Genocide, and Kidnapping
Minor: Animal death, Classism, Antisemitism, and Cursing
Spoiler
There is pretty graphic racial violence and a scene involving an entire family being lynched.emilineopines's review
- 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
Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, and Racism
kelsokake's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Animal death and Hate crime
Minor: Kidnapping and Sexual content
peachani's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Racism, and Gore
Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Death
Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
clawfinger's review against another edition
- 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
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
mari_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Slavery, War, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs
entityj's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery
Minor: Kidnapping, Vomit, Torture, Slavery, and Sexual content
kayladaila's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Racism, Hate crime, Body horror, and Medical content
Moderate: Medical content, Racial slurs, Violence, War, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Gore, and Murder
Minor: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Slavery, Genocide, Colonisation, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Trafficking
oyveyori's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Torture, Slavery, Death, Racial slurs, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, Racism, Vomit, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Blood
rorikae's review against another edition
- 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
Maryse Boudreaux hunts Ku Kluxes, monsters that parade as members of the Ku Klux Klan. With her friends and a group of resistance fighters, she is determined to wipe out these creatures. When they learn about a showing of Birth of a Nation that will call a new demon into their lands, Maryse and her friends cook up a plan to take out the group once and for all.
P. Djeli Clark continues to be one of my favorite novella writers. His ability to create such an expansive, evocative world in such a short amount of words is truly unparalleled. Each of his stories are unique from one another and yet they all suck you in and spin a full fledged narrative even with few words. This is true for 'Ring Shout' as well.
Through flashbacks and more fantastical experiences, Clark fleshes out Maryse as a character. We come to know and understand her strengths and her weaknesses as she is directly dealing with them. One of the strengths of this story is the balance between the true to life horrors of America during the early 1900s with the fantastical elements that Clark uses to elevate this horror. The mix of folklore, body horror, and badass fight scenes create a story that is fast paced but also full and complete. The ending leaves itself open for a sequel that I hope Clark will write. His worldbuilding shows that there is even more to this world that we could explore.
Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Blood, Hate crime, Medical trauma, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Kidnapping