Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

13 reviews

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

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

librarianmage's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Racism

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Sexism

Minor: Gun violence

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.

mfrisk's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

I enjoyed aspects of this book - namely the supernatural elements and the strong female characters - but due to how many characters there were and the vignette style due to this being a concept for tv it felt a bit surface level at times for a book. I also think this may have even worked better as a graphic novel initially due to the vignette style to make it feel more connected to each other and to be able to keep track of story elements in a visual format. This book has good commentary on race, gender, and family but could have gone further with it for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

_forestofpages's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death

unboxedjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

uranusatan's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Hate crime, Racism, and Racial slurs

melaniereadsbooks's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

Honestly a white person writing a book about Jim Crow era racism from the perspective of Black people is not it for me.  That and the slurs that were completely unnecessary to write down.

Then there is the fact that this story was pretty disjointed at best. It had an interesting plot, but that is about all that was going for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Violence