Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

5 reviews

songwind's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

Minor: Child death, Slavery, and Child abuse

catsy2022's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 Rating: B+

Lovecraft Country is a novel following the different members of a black family in America in the 1950s as they interact with philosopher (read: sorceror) Caleb Braithwhite and become part of his plans to take over the chapters of philosophers across the USA.

I really liked the protagonists in the book, across the stories they were all so interesting and went through different and frightening things. I think Hippolyta's story was probably my favourite. I wished there was more connection between chapters especially when they ended ambiguously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Death, Child death, and Death of parent

peachani's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Gun violence, Hate crime, Confinement, Police brutality, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

Minor: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Child death, Death, and Antisemitism

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Murder, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Slavery, Child death, and Antisemitism

charlieeee's review against another edition

challenging hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Racial slurs, Violence, and Death

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Police brutality, Dementia, Gun violence, Child death, Death of parent, and Blood

I haven't watched the HBO series, but from what I've read on DoesTheDogDie dot Com the TV series has taken a grain of truth from the book and made it more violent; shocking and 'sexy' (this is HBO we're talking about here). If you've tried the series and struggled due to some of the content, please give the book a go as the overall tone & content is more in-keeping with the science fiction from the 19th/20th century than anything more modern. A genuine delight to read - please give the book a chance.