Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

5 reviews

alicelalicon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Animal death, Blood, Death, Hate crime, Confinement, Slavery, Murder, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Violence

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

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.

jbellomy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Grief

azazellos_fang's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Hate crime, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Violence