Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

45 reviews

bishopbox's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

mburnsides's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Slavery

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought this was well-written and had important themes....but it was a stretch for me in terms of the horror and gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

guinness74's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Not what I was expecting, but a powerful story. I suppose I should have realized that a Hugo/Nebula award winning writer’s book would include some element of fantasy, but I think I added this without paying attention to that element. Still, if you enjoyed ‘Lovecraft Country’ you’re going to love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual content

heather_harrison's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This is my second attempt at tackling Ring Shout, and for such a compact novella it really does pack a punch. 

The story and world-building is dense and heavy. 
The language and use of the "Gullah woman" was a bit disorientating. The audiobook version helped a bit with that. 

The Lovecraftian KKK monsters were creepy and unsettling, more like a dark and twisted epic fantasy.
Violent and action packed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

platypus1's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Horror scary dystopian 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

raptorq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death and War

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

ktkeps's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail