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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
I have consumed more spooky-season material this year than in any other period of my life.
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entitled white people
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
adventurous
funny
informative
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One of the most creative concepts for a novel, taking the horrors and science some people only imagine as “fictional” and using them to parse the very-real, very-traumatic experience of institutional anti-Black racism. I LOVE THIS BOOK
5 Shoggoth Stars
I love when there are tales within a main story. A little magical realism, secrets, portals to places unknown, and good old every-day racism.
1954 and a black Korean war vet is just helping his uncle George find safe traveling for "negroes." The fact that science fiction, dark fantasy and magical realism are the "norm" for our black antagonists, is a breath of fresh air.
The pacing is consistent and each story is a just thread woven into the larger fabric of time, space and yes, the continuum.
I love when there are tales within a main story. A little magical realism, secrets, portals to places unknown, and good old every-day racism.
1954 and a black Korean war vet is just helping his uncle George find safe traveling for "negroes." The fact that science fiction, dark fantasy and magical realism are the "norm" for our black antagonists, is a breath of fresh air.
The pacing is consistent and each story is a just thread woven into the larger fabric of time, space and yes, the continuum.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
It was an excellent collection of the mundane horrors of malignant homicidal racism, with a nice sprinkle of the occult. I have my reservation about whether Ruff was the best person to tell these stories, but I can't deny the execution has been superb. There are some elements of Lovecraftian cosmic horror in the stories, but they're mostly a different kind of horror.
dark
mysterious
reflective
had to return to the library and just couldn’t really get into it. May try another time!
Wished it was a bit longer
Really solid book but it ended a bit quickly with what seemed a rushed conclusion. But overall loved the characters and the story through and through.
Really solid book but it ended a bit quickly with what seemed a rushed conclusion. But overall loved the characters and the story through and through.