Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

49 reviews

librarianmage's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Body horror, and Slavery

ticktock's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

emzhay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, Police brutality, and Sexism

Minor: Colonisation and Gore

lucystolethesky's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Colonisation, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Cultural appropriation, Sexism, Classism, Racism, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Islamophobia, and Misogyny

horizonous's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Colonisation

bisexualwentworth's review

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

4.0

Loved the worldbuilding and the characters and the themes. The pacing was a bit off at times and the mystery plot was a bit obvious, probably as a symptom of the author moving from novellas to novels with this book. I liked all of the choices. I just think the execution could be polished a bit more in future books (which I definitely plan to read).

The narration for the audiobook was kind of odd. If they were going to do accents for the entire book, surely it would have made more sense to find a narrator with an actual Egyptian accent?

If you enjoyed the Kane Chronicles or the Bartimaeus Trilogy as a child and want something that draws from the same mythologies but has a better understanding of imperialism and other issues, A Master of Djinn is definitely a great choice for that. 

And it's sapphic!

One other thing: I was under the impression that Islam and magic don't mix and that it's bad to mix the two in fantasy writing, but I haven't seen anyone say anything about that aspect of the book, so it's possible that I was misinformed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Cultural appropriation, Slavery, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: Police brutality and Sexism

idksamiguess's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Colonisation

booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Sexism

whiteblue's review

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racial slurs and Cultural appropriation

thoughtsontomes's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was an absolute delight. The world is lush and expansive. The characters and their interactions are lovable while still being flawed and realistic. There is a sapphic relationship. The mystery kept me on my toes with enough foreshadowing to be satisfying. The villain had every ability to be 2 dimensional but turned out to have some substance. Everything was tied up perfectly. I'm be not so patiently awaiting the next novel in this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation and Blood