Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

364 reviews

azsm's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

pages_with_a_preoccupied_prin's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, and Racial slurs

ashleytalksbooks's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

The horror, the social commentary, the history. Everything about this book was amazing. I could not stop listening to it until I finished it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Body horror, Gore, Slavery, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

audc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

It was short with sweet twists and turns. 
I really liked the way the characters were described. 
Noticeable that a man wrote a female character but all the same a likeable heroine. 
I did not feel that attachment to the characters which can happen with short books. 
The focus on racism was not the main picture, but the pain of slavery was mentioned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Blood, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cursing

thebustadotjpg's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The protagonist literally fights the Final Boss of Racism with a magic sword. Come on man. This rocks.

Never before have I devoured a book as voraciously as this. I picked this up on a whim from the book store just because the cover went hard and this buzzer beater just stealthily snuck into my favorite reads of the year. Clark takes full advantage of first person narration that totally immerses you in Maryse’s world, where racism and hate turn people into demons and wretched lovecraftian horrors made of a million mouths and slithering, sentient meat. The supernatural elements here are way more prominent than I expected but I’m welcoming it. Clark’s ability to pack such a strong narrative into just 180 pages is absolutely incredible. Not an ounce of fat on this thing. At such a short length there’s no reason to pass this up if you like horror or maybe historical fiction that gets a little weird with it, as long as you’re okay with some nightmarish visuals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Racism and Hate crime

o_w_e_n's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Death of parent, Death, and Slavery

likeagilmoregirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Body horror

nekoshka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Hate crime, Gun violence, Violence, Slavery, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War and Sexual content

zghutcheson01's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

annie10's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Murder, Medical content, and Racial slurs