Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Fervor by Alma Katsu

17 reviews

jenlengland's review against another edition

dark sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Alcohol

deb_is_reading's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

othersociologist's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

e_asw_97's review

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Murder, and Deportation

Minor: War

eelizard's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

wednesdayzombie's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

courtney_g's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Miscarriage

sidneyreads_'s review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

felt like there was a bit of heavy handed copaganda toward the very end but otherwise a spooky and adventurous historical horror! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism

sunshinestark's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

magellen's review

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Timely and well tied to our present, The Fervor echoes our current denialist attitude about illness, othering, and white nationalists in america. Katsu turns a historical mirror on us and demands we look, be uncomfortable in our complicity and our ignorance, and do better. 

<spoilers>the supernatural elements drop off sharply towards the end in a way that's somewhat disappointing, but ties in to the fact that while the illness is exacerbating rage, the real monster is intolerance and racism and white fragility. On one hand it's sort of mask off the fear to it's real source, on the other damn dude I wanted a spider demon.</spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Abandonment, War, and Classism