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A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

34 reviews

aardwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

A mystery is a balancing act, and overall this one does a good job of leaving clues the audience can follow and making sure it all pays off. Also djinn are cool as shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.25

I really liked it, though I think I would have benefited from reading the short story set in the universe first.  I actually liked the fact that certain things (mostly related to fashion) weren't explicitly explained for an audience who may not be familiar with it 

The idea that America would be very anti-magic seems fitting. 

I think the politics will be fascinating since not only is there the introduction of magic about 40 years ago, but it looks like World War I never happened.   Egypt is a great power.   Britain's power is waning for but for somewhat different reasons than happened in reality.

It's always interesting to explore the mythologies, magic traditions, and religions of other places and cultures.  Lots of interesting stuff about colonial power, race, gender and religion to chew on.

I really liked the Jasmine Club.  

I was a little frustrated, that Fatma didn't pick up on the fact that Siwa was trying to give them clues the only way he could the first time.  I didn't understand the clues, but I figured that's what was happened.   I also thought his second attempt where he was literally like here's a story about a woman dressed as a man doing a thing was pretty on the nose.  Then again, I figured out who the true culprit was as soon as the doctor explained about the mask, since Fatma took her information from the person who first described the mask to her.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cultural appropriation

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Outing, Alcohol, and War

claudia_bow's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail