Reviews tagging 'Death'

Frère d'âme by David Diop

94 reviews

kp_pj's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, Torture, Blood, Violence, and Death

oz2021's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Body horror, and Murder

amorphousbl0b's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and War

imds's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Violence, Murder, Rape, Body shaming, Colonisation, Abandonment, Torture, Blood, Death, War, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Racism, Animal death, Gun violence, Colonisation, Death, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, War, and Sexual content

tahsintries's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Racism, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Kidnapping and Slavery

baielleebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Hypnotic and haunting, with poetic prose and stirring repitition, At Night All Blood is Black is poignant in capturing the total crushing of its protagonist's soul during the Great War.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

adamsfall's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Ooooof. This one was a tough read. World War I is one of the most horrific conflicts in recent memory, far enough in the past to seem like it was longer ago than it really was, recent enough that when you learn about it, you’re even more appalled. The fighting was brutal, bloody, dirty, and inhuman — which makes At Night All Blood is Black feel like a horror novel. This is the perfect example of why I love horror, it’s a genre that is in every other genre of literature. Fear and disgust are base human emotions and categorizing things into specific boxes is arbitrary. This book has a few of the most disgusting scenes I’ve read in a long time, but it’s considered “literary fiction.” 🤷🏻‍♂️

A short and heavy read that shouldn’t be missed for fans of history, war, horror, and deeply human stories. 

4/5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, War, and Sexual content

zezeki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, War, and Grief

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Excrement, Gore, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Racial slurs, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia