Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

5 reviews

cookiecat73's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Sexism, and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Islamophobia, Outing, Racism, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Colonisation and Death of parent

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child death, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Death of parent, Car accident, Infidelity, Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Animal death, Physical abuse, and Excrement

fungivibes's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Homophobia, and Gore

Moderate: Car accident

becksusername's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and War

sarah984's review

adventurous hopeful 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

3.0

This is interesting take on the first contact story. Cool ideas and great character voices (the one-chapter animal characters were particular standouts), but I found the story a little unfocused and disjointed, especially around the midpoint when the gods showed up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Outing, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Minor: Colonisation, Medical content, Rape, Terminal illness, and Vomit