Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

6 reviews

singalana's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Hate crime

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Violence

ellenwilberg's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Child death

bexi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Car accident, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny, Body shaming, Blood, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

bi_n_large's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, and Grief

Minor: Violence and Gun violence

nyoom's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer and Rape

Minor: Medical content

spiritedfaraway's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Everything starts with a meteor shower. A young girl sees something that falls from the stars and what she finds, or what is given to her, comes with great power and a great price. Now wandering with only a small red fox by her side, Sankofa is looking for what was taken from her. As she walks from town to town word by month spreads out even faster and soon Sankofa is wrapped in mythology and legend. 

"People whisper things like, "She's the adopted child of the Angel of Death. Beware of her. Mind her. Death guards her like one of its own." Three was truth in every single one of the stories."

An absolutely engrossing coming of age story with Sankofa looking for purpose and trying to find a sense of self. Amazing character and plot development, but also an exploration of grief, isolation, and trauma. This is a book that is mysterious and vivid and gripping and is so very hard to put down. I truly hope we get more of Sankofa in future books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Sexism, and Self harm

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

There is also death of a sibling and mention of the covid pandemic.