Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery by Mat Johnson

2 reviews

novella42's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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

Important justice work, making the era of lynching more visible and visceral than a paragraph in a textbook could do. 

I don't regret reading it. But I don't think I can recommend it with the graphic transphobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Violence, Body horror, Police brutality, Transphobia, Outing, Blood, Deadnaming, Torture, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Transphobia, Vomit, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Grief, Slavery, Classism, Infidelity, Ableism, and Fire/Fire injury

sonaea's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• 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

4.0

Honestly would have gotten 5 stars because the topic is important and it's well done but I can't really stand those random sexist comments coming from the main character. And the

surprising queerness (either a crossdressing or a trans person - can't really say with what information we have)

could have been handled better too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gore, Hate crime, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Deadnaming