Reviews tagging 'Gore'

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop

100 reviews

lanid's review against another edition

dark sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Body horror, Violence, War, Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Murder

kit_kate's review against another edition

dark reflective sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, War, Blood, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, and Mental illness

thebookstamp's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Grief, Rape, War, Gore, Racism, Violence, and Death

georgiarybanks's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, War, Violence, Torture, Death, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, and Gore

madisonmc's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.25

Have you ever sat down and just listened to someone that was spiralling? Did you ever give them the space to reap their soul of all their torment? 

That is what this entire novel is, on a very dark level. It’s tiny and it’s rather powerful. A world, a picture, and a story is built with each new chapter. Then each consecutive one, aspects of the previous are broken down, then built back up with new foundations. With every paged turned, the ripple effect is pungent and cathartic. As much as the actions are “savagery” you gain an understanding. As much as you recoil in disgust, you grow in sympathy. 

At Night All Blood Is Black, by David Diop (translated by Anna Moschovakis) has a very unique writing style and voice. A perspective of WW1 that you don’t often see. A West African fighting for France in the trenches, not knowing the language, and being encouraged to play the roll of ‘savage’. It was all too common, and not at all that well represented in main stream media. The character, ‘Alfa Ndiaye’s’ journey is an insight into a world of celebrated brutality until you comrades change their mind. It’s a tumultuous downwards spiral of the human mind and the progression of how one decides to deal with what he has experience in an attempt to cope and reconcile with himself. 

Note Trigger Warnings: Violence, Gore, Torture, Mental Illness, Rape

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Rape, and Violence

breazatoth's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

incredibly dark, but thought-provoking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Sexism, Blood, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

sneha_m's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Death, Gore, Grief, War, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Colonisation

mganallirt's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

sydneylive's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Abandonment, Death, Colonisation, Gore, Murder, Racism, Sexual content, and War

olivelm's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Gore, Torture, War, and Mental illness