Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

6 reviews

eclipse799's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Child death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Classism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, War, Xenophobia, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Pregnancy

biobeetle's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Genocide, Violence, Racism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

j3mm4's review against another edition

challenging hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

For a novel so focused the magical system driving it, I really appreciated the way that technology coexisted with Eshu and the Mystic Points and juju, and the way that the history of both magic and tech was interwoven with the social development and sociopolitical history of the world. I also really appreciated the way that the idea of narrative awareness as both trap and escape played out; Mwitu gives in to the ending of his story because he's sort of come to terms with the idea that his story exists to serve Onyesonwu's - which is something he's struggled with the whole book, the idea that she is less important than him because she's a woman, and even that is a massive weighty flaw because of its origins in his first teacher, who was

Onyesonwu's biological father and her mother's rapist and a huge misogynist

- and seeing that drives Onyesonwu to take her knowledge of how her story should end and actively refuse and resist it with the very thing that makes her more powerful and "important" than Mwitu. That, in concert with the parable about the prince and Tia and how it shaped Onyesonwu's thinking in the middle of the book as well as the way that her own mother spreading Onyesonwu's story was one of the biggest weapons in her arsenal against these horrific conquering-and-enslavement wars engulfing the West, was a really exciting way to bring the idea of storytelling into the story itself on multiple different levels. It's a really skillful and immersive book, and I'm really glad I picked it up. Even moments and plot beats I didn't totally enjoy in the moment served a purpose and furthered the novel and resolved themselves in satisfying ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, and Vomit

jsheffer01's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

An incredible book that deals with mature themes of sexual and ethnic violence in a genuine way that leads to character development and fantastic story telling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

greenteadragon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Sexual content

Minor: Torture

likejennybutwithad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism