Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

14 reviews

mattgroot1980's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

sunny_not's review against another edition

Although the premise was interesting and I wanted to learn and read more, it was super complex there were too many characters and the story just kept on dragging and dragging. Since I picked this book up from a library I had to decide if I really wanted to continue on  or get books that I'm a lot more excited about and I decided to get a new book. I might continue this someday but right now I'm not in the right headspace to read so much triggering stuff and it's such a long and challenging book. Overall probably wouldn't recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

kimiwriter's review against another edition

I really enjoyed this audiobook but once it got to the 79% mark, things slowed down and I needed to move on to other books for my project. I would like to come back to this at some point though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Sexual assault

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence