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hannibanani29's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Slavery, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, and War
Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
kelly04's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
solenekeleroux's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation
Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy
heather_freshparchment's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Blood, and Suicide attempt
rustmaiden's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide attempt
shieldbearer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Slavery, and Trafficking
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Animal death
zombiezami's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content
literaryliaisons's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Colonisation
Moderate: Slavery
kalira's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Yetu's pain with her life and her people is telegraphed clearly, and it drew me in to her hopelessness, anger, and eventual grasp at escape - and yet the story also twines the reader into how Yetu is so badly torn even
As I read more and got even further wound up in the story - both Yetu's and of all the wajinru, I truly desperately wanted a happy ending, but also dreaded where the ending would actually take me.
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Eating disorder and Sexual content
mariebrunelm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Rivers Solomon compose un chant de résistance entre lamentation, colère et révolte. C'est un texte très puissant, porté par la voix de Yetu, et bien sûr difficile par les thèmes qu'il aborde. Par le biais de la fantasy, Solomon dessine le traumatisme intergénérationnel subi par les Noir.e.s depuis des générations. Le hasard a voulu que je regarde peu de temps avant la série Watchmen, dont un épisode magistral traite également ce sujet.
Rep : personnage principal autiste, noire et queer. Personnage secondaire noire et demisexuelle.
Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood