Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

44 reviews

evhanson's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Torture, Terminal illness, Hate crime, and Drug abuse

anitaconchita's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Overall a fun satire, but the sales manual format got a bit exhausting for me, and there were so many point where I couldn’t stand Buck, the main character. I kind of hoped for more critique of capitalism and the ending was a bit of a let down for me. An engaging narrator and fast-paced read though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

amcghig's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Cursing

alexstartsthings's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture

Minor: Vomit and Outing

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Racial slurs, Cancer, Classism, Alcohol, Racism, Drug use, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, and Violence

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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

4.0

Slowly descending its lead into darkness while speeding through his way out, Black Buck almost feels like a fairy tale in the end: the idea that capitalism can somehow save.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

bookshelvesandboybands's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Cancer

sgs's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This book is incredible!!!! Frustrating and inspiring and flawed, Buck’s story has you equal parts mad at him and cheering for him. 
I found 90% super disturbing and hard to read, so be mindful, don’t go in for a lighthearted read.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Racism, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Physical abuse, and Hate crime

ahopper7's review against another edition

dark funny 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? Yes

3.5

I wanted to like this more than I did; but the book didn’t end up working completely for me.

It’s definitely funny (100% helped by listening to the audiobook, the narrator did a fantastic job),and  has some important themes on race especially in corporate America (this part worked for me as a black mixed race woman in corporate America, the micro and macro aggressions really hit for me).

I think, though, the story lost its way after the middle. The ending didn’t sit well with me, the final having a mix of “it really be your own people sometimes” felt out of place for me with the overall goal and themes of this book. 

But this is a debut, so I will 100% be picking up this author’s future work, because the comedic writing alone is spot on for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, Confinement, and Cancer

david_brent's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Drug use, Violence, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Sexual content