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Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

5 reviews

nonidude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Murder, Gore, Racism, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Animal death, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Death of parent, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

ash_ton's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

i read this for the LGBTQIA+ book club i'm a part of! i don't normally gravitate towards science fiction so it's always nice to be pleasantly surprised. 
i was not expecting the turn the book took. like, at all. wild

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Homophobia, Blood, Stalking, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Sexism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Cannibalism, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Suicide, Bullying, Cancer, and Cultural appropriation

susanknights's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, and Sexual content

corvicore's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Misogyny, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

Sorrowland is a hard book to categorize in terms of genre -- horror and science fiction and more -- and covers many important, difficult, & complex themes.  As always, Solomon's writing is incredible -- I found myself highlighting passages not just because they spoke to me, but for their sheer beauty.  The book is told from a single POV -- that of Vern -- but many supporting characters are multi-faceted + well developed (with much diversity of representation).  The pacing felt slightly inconsistent in a few places but overall, the plot captivated me and contained a number of twists that I did not anticipate; that said, I do think this is equally as much a character-driven book as a plot-driven one.  I have read every book Solomon has written thusfar and this will certainly not be the last -- highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Transphobia, Homophobia, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, and Racial slurs