Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

6 reviews

carabones's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, War, Islamophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicide, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, and Sexual violence

vireogirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Murder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Suicide, War, Domestic abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Confinement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Gore, Addiction, Cursing, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia

nhussain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Grief, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

florapants84's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: War, Violence, Rape, Genocide, and Hate crime

Minor: Pedophilia

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This book series was recommended for readers who love Louise Penny's Inspector Armand Gamache books.  The Unquiet Dead did not disappoint.  The two main characters are fascinating and have plenty of secrets left to unravel.  The elements of war criminals, victims, and the United Nations' involvement in the Balkan genocide of the early 1990s had me researching for more information outside the book.  I'm ready to read more of this series (and the rest of Louise Penny's series.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Vomit, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, War, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pedophilia

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

 The Unquiet Dead definitely contains grit. It follows Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty who have been asked to investigate the death of Christopher Drayton, who appears to have fallen from a cliff in Toronto. So why is their unit, which handles minority-sensitive cases, even involved? It soon transpires (spoilers ahead) that Drayton may be a false identity and he may in fact be a war criminal involved with the Srebrenica massacre. And it seems he didn’t shed his proclivities with his actual identity. The depiction of what occurred at Srebrenica and other wartime atrocities is quite graphic, meaning this book will not be for every reader. I was sometimes frustrated by Khattak’s inscrutability but I’m keen to learn more about him and see how his partnership with Rachel Getty unfolds. His being a practising Muslim and the bi-cultural nature of their partnership gave this book a definite point of difference and helps it stand it from the standard the police procedural. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Islamophobia, Sexual violence, and Violence