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latabernaderol's review against another edition
Vengo a darme por derrotada, no lo terminé.
Después de 350 páginas y de intentos todas las semanas, no logré engancharme y definitivamente me costaba agarrarlo cada vez que me ponía a leer. El plot me había parecido super interesante, es de fantasía y tiene mapas, nada podía salir mal (?. De hecho, muchos lo comparan con game of thrones y hasta Neil Gaiman -que me encanta lo que hace - dió una review super positiva.
Básicamente trata de un grupo que se une para buscar a un niño que había sido secuestrado (el motivo se conoce muuuuuuuy adelante en el libro). El personaje principal, Rastreador, tiene un olfato superhumano que le permite justamente rastrear cualquier olor que conozca, incluso a miles de kilómetros de distancia.
Como positivo quiero remarcar que tiene cosas de mitología africana super interesantes, hay demonios, dioses, distintas tribus y culturas, monstruos, shapeshifters y demás.
Como negativo, si bien estaba esperando gore y cosas turbias, personalmente me pareció demasiado y me costaba leerlo.
Trigger warning- se vienen comentarios sobre violencia sexual/física/psicológica:
-La narración no es lineal, cosa que generalmente no me molesta, pero las primeras 200 y pico de páginas son de historias random del personaje principal que saltan en el tiempo sin ningún criterio aparente (hasta ese momento al menos) y se hace muyyyy largo. Como decía antes, recién arrancan la quest principal un poquito antes de donde dejé de leerlo.
-Casi en todos los capítulos (que btw son super largos, algunos incluso de 57 páginas por lo que el "un capitulito más y me duermo" no se aplica para esta novela) hay abusos sexuales, pedofilia, bestialidad, violencia física y psicológica. Estos temas son muy constantes, a mi criterio no tan relevantes para la trama y hasta que pasan como si nada... me refiero a que sentí que estaban narrados a veces de una manera muy liviana para lo que estaba describiendo. Esto fue principalmente lo que me hizo dejar el libro...
Ojo, hay reviews super mixtas respecto a este libro, y hasta fue nominado a varios premios y creo que ganó otros. Hay gente que lo ama, gente que lo odia y gente que no lo pudo terminar (como yo). Por ahí en otro momento de mi vida le doy otra oportunidad y quizás en las páginas que me faltaba todo cambiaba y me volaba la cabeza (?
Me gustaría leer otras cosas del autor, porque todo el mundo habla genial de él.
Después de 350 páginas y de intentos todas las semanas, no logré engancharme y definitivamente me costaba agarrarlo cada vez que me ponía a leer. El plot me había parecido super interesante, es de fantasía y tiene mapas, nada podía salir mal (?. De hecho, muchos lo comparan con game of thrones y hasta Neil Gaiman -que me encanta lo que hace - dió una review super positiva.
Básicamente trata de un grupo que se une para buscar a un niño que había sido secuestrado (el motivo se conoce muuuuuuuy adelante en el libro). El personaje principal, Rastreador, tiene un olfato superhumano que le permite justamente rastrear cualquier olor que conozca, incluso a miles de kilómetros de distancia.
Como positivo quiero remarcar que tiene cosas de mitología africana super interesantes, hay demonios, dioses, distintas tribus y culturas, monstruos, shapeshifters y demás.
Como negativo, si bien estaba esperando gore y cosas turbias, personalmente me pareció demasiado y me costaba leerlo.
Trigger warning- se vienen comentarios sobre violencia sexual/física/psicológica:
-La narración no es lineal, cosa que generalmente no me molesta, pero las primeras 200 y pico de páginas son de historias random del personaje principal que saltan en el tiempo sin ningún criterio aparente (hasta ese momento al menos) y se hace muyyyy largo. Como decía antes, recién arrancan la quest principal un poquito antes de donde dejé de leerlo.
-Casi en todos los capítulos (que btw son super largos, algunos incluso de 57 páginas por lo que el "un capitulito más y me duermo" no se aplica para esta novela) hay abusos sexuales, pedofilia, bestialidad, violencia física y psicológica. Estos temas son muy constantes, a mi criterio no tan relevantes para la trama y hasta que pasan como si nada... me refiero a que sentí que estaban narrados a veces de una manera muy liviana para lo que estaba describiendo. Esto fue principalmente lo que me hizo dejar el libro...
Ojo, hay reviews super mixtas respecto a este libro, y hasta fue nominado a varios premios y creo que ganó otros. Hay gente que lo ama, gente que lo odia y gente que no lo pudo terminar (como yo). Por ahí en otro momento de mi vida le doy otra oportunidad y quizás en las páginas que me faltaba todo cambiaba y me volaba la cabeza (?
Me gustaría leer otras cosas del autor, porque todo el mundo habla genial de él.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Child abuse
reflectiverambling_nalana's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
t is easy to see why "Black Leopard, Red Wolf' received so much acclaim. It is bold in tone and scope. It draws upon a rich culture for inspiration of crafting the world. There is clearly a deep history and complex mythology at play. It does an extraordinary job at calling upon storytelling culture both stylistically and as a device within the narrative. Above all of this, having listened to it on audio, I cannot praise Dion Graham enough for one of the best and what I can only imagine was challenging and exhausting performances I've heard in recent years.
However, even after 'slowing down' to speeds I don't normally listen at, I had to go back more than once. Somewhere in the middle of this book I kept feeling like I was loosing key information. I consider myself not exceptionally intelligent, but relatively capable of following complex plots as much as the next scifi/fantasy reader. Something about the pacing of this tale, of what started to feel like an excessive amount of additions crammed into a single story, left me feeling just two steps behind. I never was able to get a really good grasp on the world itself. The constant questions started piling up more as frustrations than curiosity for new revelations.
To ad to this, while I appreciate the mental complexity of the Tracker, the emotional distance he had to place as he was forced into survival mode made if very difficult for me to really connect with him. though I confess I was taken by some of the secondary characters. This might be in part because of the constant fight and flight necessity that just made me feel like I was in a whirlwind. It leaves me wondering if at the time of the writing the author wasn't aware he would be granted a trilogy and was desperate to show all these wonderful gems of ideas in fear that he wouldn't have time to breathe and flesh them out after a single installment.
Overall, this is a story with so much good and potential. It deserves a chance from readers. but I have to admit after finishing it I'm not entirely compelled to continue on. honestly, it left my brain a touch exhausted in a way that was not rewarding or from a way I could say i was challenged but feel accomplished from.
I would also like to warn readers that there is excessive and blunt physical and sexual violence as that might be a problem for some.
However, even after 'slowing down' to speeds I don't normally listen at, I had to go back more than once. Somewhere in the middle of this book I kept feeling like I was loosing key information. I consider myself not exceptionally intelligent, but relatively capable of following complex plots as much as the next scifi/fantasy reader. Something about the pacing of this tale, of what started to feel like an excessive amount of additions crammed into a single story, left me feeling just two steps behind. I never was able to get a really good grasp on the world itself. The constant questions started piling up more as frustrations than curiosity for new revelations.
To ad to this, while I appreciate the mental complexity of the Tracker, the emotional distance he had to place as he was forced into survival mode made if very difficult for me to really connect with him. though I confess I was taken by some of the secondary characters. This might be in part because of the constant fight and flight necessity that just made me feel like I was in a whirlwind. It leaves me wondering if at the time of the writing the author wasn't aware he would be granted a trilogy and was desperate to show all these wonderful gems of ideas in fear that he wouldn't have time to breathe and flesh them out after a single installment.
Overall, this is a story with so much good and potential. It deserves a chance from readers. but I have to admit after finishing it I'm not entirely compelled to continue on. honestly, it left my brain a touch exhausted in a way that was not rewarding or from a way I could say i was challenged but feel accomplished from.
I would also like to warn readers that there is excessive and blunt physical and sexual violence as that might be a problem for some.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Torture
Moderate: Sexism, Murder, Death, Incest, and Child death
Minor: Abandonment and Kidnapping
literarygrooves's review against another edition
Really wanted to love this book but it just wasn’t working for me. Lengthy sections of dialogue not indicating who was speaking with more than 2 characters involved. Jumping timelines that made it difficult for me to get and stay involved in the main storyline. Usually these are things that work just fine for me, but in this case were executed in such a way that left me consistently confused. That on top of what felt like consistent misogyny, graphic violence & SA - If I was more invested in the story or characters, I would’ve probably found it worth my time to push through my issues but I found myself just not caring enough to push through another 400+ pages. Please check content warnings before reading this book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Excrement, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia
a_raptor_named_arsenic's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Body horror, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexism
krishighway's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault
halfacenturyreader's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
raybiescabies's review against another edition
The way sexuality and sexual assault are treated was just...no
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Child death, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Slavery
clarisreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The plot was good, it was incredibly graphic and barbaric. I found it hard to read and am honestly relieved it’s over. I won’t be reading the rest of the trilogy. But I did think about the characters a lot while reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gore, Sexual assault, Murder, and Rape
Lots of beastialitystefievee's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I actually really wanted to like this book. I hadn't heard any of hype around it, surprisingly, but had read the description and it seemed interesting. I like setting and universe, the mythological elements, the fact that the main character has a supernatural gift - and actually I like the author's writing style quite a bit. But the graphic violence, the constant fixation on genitals and aggressive sex was just much too distracting for me. Plot-wise, I also felt like the final/biggest quest of the character ended up dragging on and on and I really struggled to finish reading the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Slavery, Misogyny, and Rape
Minor: Pedophilia