Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

O Portão do Obelisco by N.K. Jemisin

14 reviews

llayaz's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

If you’ve already started this series you know why it’s great. Everything I loved from The Fifth Season is expanded upon here, and new elements are just as excellent and appreciated. I’m picking up book three literally right now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual content

purple_rose_kat93's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

blakethebookeater's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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 book was such a great follow up to the epic Fifth Season.

I’m not going to say much in this review for fear of spoilers, but just know that the narrative gets more and more interesting and you get both answers to questions you didn’t realize you had...and even more questions.

The characters continue to be standouts, with Essun’s story continuing to be outstanding, as well as the new POVs of Schaffa and Nassun. The way these characters’ stories are woven is nothing short of stellar.

I did feel like this book did suffer from some slow pacing, and the action wasn’t as compelling as the first book, but the mysteries contained here are more than enough to compensate.

Overall, I’m so excited to go into reading the finale and can’t wait to see how it ends!

4/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Xenophobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Bullying, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Blood