Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Perishing by Natashia Deón

2 reviews

nehaanna's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I’m not entirely sure what this book is attempting to accomplish. This is literary fiction with a speculative aspect and a fantasy-esque twist that fails to make any sense until the last 50 pages and is so poorly strung together. This book fails to draw the reader in, preferring to use complicated time jumps, stream of consciousness type writing, and sloppy philosophical waxing to make some point. Sprinkled along the way are references to historical injustices towards minority populations with reference to recent historical events of the 2020s. However, the social commentary is poorly done in my opinion. Nothing in this book seems to be executed well, everything falls abysmally short of the author’s well-meaning intentions for what this book could have been. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Death of parent, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Child death, Colonisation, Grief, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Gore, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, War, and Alcohol

lovealwaysadi's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Car accident, Terminal illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Colonisation, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Violence, Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Classism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Medical content, Miscarriage, Slavery, Lesbophobia, War, Bullying, Pregnancy, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Alcoholism