Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Schwarzer Leopard, roter Wolf by Marlon James

154 reviews

haddy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

It took me 15 months to read this book. A lot of it was quite a slog, I didn’t understand nearly anything that happened, and honestly I just think I’m too stupid for the way this book was written?? 
Having said that I have SO MANY feelings about how it ended !!?!?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

bookishchef's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

Almost impossible to rate. The author is trying to tell a story in a new way (new in book form anyway).

However, it was as confusing as could be and I often lost track of who was supposed to be who. Eventually I gave up on remembering any of the characters. 

Also: trigger warning for every single bad thing under the sun. There's sexual assault and graphic rape scenes of kids, women and men. There's murder, cannibalism, gore and lord knows what else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

fifinlayson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

thistlereads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

2.0

Two ratings for this book. A very low rating for: rape, sodomy, profanity, beastiality and murders. Higher rating for excellence in audio narration and weaving story into story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping

arguhlincozzi's review against another edition

It was honestly too dark for me. I was also going through a death of a friend and I couldn't handle that plus this book and its heaviness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

nrhilmer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious

• 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

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder

lochnessmaddy's review against another edition

The writing was slow and seemed to loathe to get to the point making the story muddled and hard to follow. The main character has no investment in the world or characters around him and that distance keeps the reader from investing as well. Additionally a whole lot of t/w rape, homophobia, misogyny, and violence that in no way progresses the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, Murder, and War

christina_ro's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious

• 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

3.5

This was an intensely challenging read. The style of writing was difficult for me. I’m not sure if it was the authors style or an African mythology style of storytelling, but it took me a little while to adjust. However, once I adjusted, the story was compelling and enchanting. 

If you have any concerns about trigger warnings around any kind of violence, I’d google the warnings for this book. The graphic violence of this book was probably the hardest part for me. There are certain scenes where the violence and detailed descriptions add weight and emotion, but there are a number of times where I didn’t feel it added anything to the story. I’m not typically one for gratuitous violence or gore, but it caught me off guard and since I was reading it for my book club, I pushed through. 
Overall, I’m glad that I finished this book, and James is certainly a talented author, but I’m not sure I would read more from the author if his other books are this graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and War

Moderate: Homophobia

aehmyers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.75

I loved this book. Tracker has a quick wit which gets him in trouble. He’s known for being able to follow a scent anywhere in the world. When he is called on for these services and his sharp tongue discovered, he often gets told “It is said you have a nose. Nobody told me you have a mouth.” There were quite a few points I was cackling at these characters shenanigans. It is also dark, graphic, and moving. The ending is sad but feels authentic to the story. The magic is fantastical, you have to just sit with it and accept it. And I loved the way in which the stories at the beginning become so relevant to character development later. I fell in love with a lot of these characters. Would recommend with content warnings for graphic fights, deaths, slavery, abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism