Reviews tagging 'Death'

Red Sorghum by Mo Yan

11 reviews

elishabird's review

dark sad tense

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Blood, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Mental illness, Child death, Suicide, and Death of parent

popiloey's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcoholism

witheredflower's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, War, Blood, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Animal death, Excrement, Suicide, Torture, Sexual assault, and Vomit

plainplantains's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, War, Body horror, Cursing, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Colonisation, and Gun violence

emamoretti03's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

Questo libro parla della storia della famiglia del narratore. Seguiamo le vicende tragiche, drammatiche e sanguinose che si svolgono intorno a questa famiglia per vari motivi, tra cui la guerra contro i giapponesi e conflitti interni tra fazioni politiche. Lo stile è crudo, descrittivo e può risultare impegnativo per un pubblico sensibile. A me questo libro è piaciuto molto, ci sono alcuni punti più calmi, però nel complesso è un classico da recuperare anche per capire le tradizioni della Cina, così in alcuni casi distanti dalle nostre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

sharonb's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, and Rape

seanml's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Red Sorghum was very casually the most graphic thing I’ve ever read. Its backdrop is 20th century China, jumping around between the early 1920s and through the intense Japanese occupation of 1939 and 1940. If you want a story where things get bad and then they get worse and then become entrenched in misfortune, this may be for you. 7.5/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Gore, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Physical abuse, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Classism, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Drug use, Addiction, Incest, and Suicide

schwambibambi's review

The misogyny was honestly traumatizing to read and I don't want to spend my time reading about shitheads excusing rape and trying to force the victim to marry her rapist. I don't care how culturally significant this book is, I don't need this in my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Police brutality, Violence, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

satvu's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I read this for a class on Chinese Film and Fiction - I think I enjoyed it so much because of the class discussion and the ability to place it in a historical/literary context thanks to lectures. 

The writing is really graphic and brutal, and the story itself is very tragic. The movie adaptation is also pretty good -- the actress in it, Gong Li, stars in similarly tragic movies based on events in China through the 1900s. I know it's not books, but if you're looking for good stories with history, tragedy, and high emotions, check out her other movies "To Live" and "Farewell My Concubine". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Torture

There are a few incredibly detailed and gory scenes. I recognize that they were well written, but it made me very queasy.

buttermykneecaps's review

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, War, Torture, Sexual violence, and Rape