Reviews tagging 'Death'

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

122 reviews

katie_greenwinginmymouth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, and Blood

beu_94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism

abbie_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

Brutal, brilliant. I want to try and gather my thoughts to give this one the review it deserves but we’ll see

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

Our Share of Night is an inimitable masterpiece, a stunning work of literary horror.  Enríquez’s storytelling is breathtaking and immersive, with gritty, tightly-woven character relationships which evolve over decades.  At the novel’s center is a pagan cult like that of Argentina’s San La Muerte, which here is guided by heart-stopping nightmares and pure horror.  The book is chiefly, however, a heartbreaking story of father and son, colored by political violence, a culture of fear, and ties that bind.  I didn’t want it to end, and I want to read it again, immediately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Suicide, Vomit, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Colonisation

anastasia_raf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Thank you very much to Netgalley and Granta Publications for providing me with an e-arc of this book.

"Spanning the brutal decades of Argentina's military dictatorship and its aftermath, Our Share of Night is a haunting, thrilling novel of broken families, cursed inheritances, and the sacrifices a father will make to help his son escape his destiny."
 
This is how the book is described, and for the most part I agree with the statement! But, I would also like to add that this book is cleverly executed, it's full of horrifying demons and sinister ghosts, merciless cults and hidden secrets. Shall we move to my complaining? 

I will not comment on the disability rep since it's not my place to judge that, and WE  should definitely read reviews from disabled reviewers on that topic. 
 I felt the usage and presence of queer people is mostly sexual and I'm honestly offended by it. I felt queer people were dehumanized in a way. As much as sex with and between queer people was normalized I think we should be allowed to exist outside and beyond it. We are more than our sexual partners.
 
I would say that "sexchange" surgery is an inappropriate word and its usage is hurtful towards the trans community, so I would advise you to connect with and contact trans people about the correct and appropriate terminology. 
 
The CONSTANT f slur usually directed at homosexual/erotic people. I get it, this is how we were treated, this was most common name for us and all that but half of it felt totally unnecessary.
 S
ome commentaries left me wondering about their purpose and intentions and found them problematic.

 Now, a few observations about the characters.
 Gaspar not feeling akward  or "disgusted" by gay people is nothing. It doesn't make him a descent being. It just doesn't make him an ignorant bigot.
 I found a lot of them problematic, none of them lovable, although I think that was intentional. They were...real. In a terrifying and masterful way, real. 

Now, to the good parts. It is very very clear that the writer of this book is talented. The story she has crafted is deliciously haunting and masterfully horrifying.
 The atmosphere is honestly astounding, the writing even more so. Excellence.
The horror? Incredible.
The plot? Unique, and surprise surprise, excellent.
Am I having nightmares because of this book? Absolutely.
Do I still see Moira in my sleep? You bet I am.
 I will be thinking about this book for a long long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

stanisz's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide attempt

alrauna's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

marhelman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

danfromluthadel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

9/10

Este libro ha sido todo un viaje.

Mariana Enríquez tiene, por ahora, una de las mejores prosas con la que te puedes topar en la literatura actual. La forma de contar esta historia tan macabra, tan desagradable, tan trágica, es simplemente excepcional.

No le poco el 10, sencillamente, porque el ritmo no es constante. La parte final se hace un tanto pesada y aburrida. Lo entiendo, pues es un libro de 670 páginas y mantener a un lector entretenido al 100% en tanto es complicado. También, puede ser, por lo que me ha horrorizado. Los temas que trata (maltrato, homofobia, brujería negra, sacrificios...) son demasiado duros para poder disfrutar de esta lectura en su totalidad.

¿Recomiendo «Nuestra parte de noche» a todo el mundo? Sí y no. Sí porque, sin lugar a dudas, es una grandísima obra literaria. No porque es demasiado duro y, para algunas personas, puede despertar sentimientos demasiado desagradables.

Lo que tengo claro es que esta obra no te deja indiferente, que Enríquez sabe marcarte con su pluma y que, a partir de ahora, seguiré de cerca sus proyectos.

Podría extenderme más hablando del libro pero no quiero exponer demasiado la trama y al final entrar en spoilers. Quiero que se disfrute sabiendo lo menos posible, como yo lo hice. Es una gran experiencia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism