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Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein

11 reviews

yali_g's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Animal cruelty

nokvi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

What a book, what a piece of work, Jared is truly a master with his pen. I'm not going to lie when I started this book it took me some time to get into it. I don't know if this is due to the book itself or the fact that I heading into a reading slump when I started, either way I had to put it down for some time. IN retrospect however, I firmly believe it's a mix of the two. The pacing can be quite off and to be honest sometimes it just jumped to places. ANd it's this that lead to a lower rating

but when I came back.... WHEN I CAME BACK, the last 50% of this book is phenomenal, the consequences of actions, the fragility of the human experience. Hosein masterfully covers, coming of age, pverty, racism, classism all within the context of the Indo-Trinidadian experience. The high that I felt as I finished this book is wow, it's a sad depressing ending with a consequence that could have completely been avoided but isn't that life? Isn't hindsight 20/20. This book was an experience and I would have it no other way
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Pregnancy, Racism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abandonment

arejaytay's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, and Vomit

nylah_danae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Death, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

cfpharmd's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Child death

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Excrement, Violence, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Infidelity

Minor: Gun violence

melliedm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Excrement, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Classism

grubrednuf's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

This was heartachingly beautiful. It took a couple of chapters to get into it but so worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Gun violence, Excrement, Violence, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Alcoholism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

stephanieswilley's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Child death, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, Pregnancy, Rape, Abandonment, and Suicide attempt

alexashabit's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Misogyny, Vomit, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Gun violence

lostcupofstars's review

2.5

“There is the silence that lingers and the silence that devours”

I’ve gone down the middle with rating this for these reasons:

-text that was dense and difficult to get into

-unlikeable characters

-depressing and heavy content with no silver linings

I thought this had some really solid storylines and they all tied in well together at the end. There were some really well written parts, and the plot was interesting to follow. 

I struggled with the text; there were a lot of uncommon words I came across that at first I would look up, but after a few pages I realised it was disturbing the flow of reading and also taking twice as long to get through a chapter. Once I stopped looking up words it was easier to get into the story. 

Ultimately, this was a depressing and heavy read and I was disappointed that there weren’t many references to ghosts at all. I don’t think I really liked any of the characters? Apart from Rookmin.

Also a lot of cw to be wary of: ableism, colourism, racism, death (including graphic violence towards people and animals) domestic abuse, sexism, sexual assault and murder amongst any others I may have forgotten. 

Not sure if I’d recommend it, simply because I came away feeling very heavy and that’s not what I like or want from my reads. If you like a challenging read that tackles some of the issues I’ve listed above then this might be the read for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Death, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, and Sexism