Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

134 reviews

ilaxaria's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Gore, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Slavery

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

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Slavery

hellorocketship's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This was very well written, and slightly more horror-esque than I was expecting, but in a very good way! It encapsulates a lot of post civil war black culture, Gullah culture, and African American mythology that isn’t seen very often while still being full of action and violence that make some fantasy/horror novels so great! It is a riveting mix of culture and creep that never stops moving. I’m hoping that by the epilogue there will be more to come! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Slavery

dale1997's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Moderate: Child death and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual content

slintangel's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

tangy_t33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Action packed, KKK beast monsters, Black KKK slayer heroes, some kind of magic system, fast paced, very descriptive ! I can see this book turning into a movie. 
The audiobook was PHENOMENAL! I cannot stress that enough I loved every second of it. The voice actor gave what needed to be gave that’s for sure. I’m not sure I would of been that immersed into the story w/o the audiobook tbh.
I gave this book 4.5 stars because there is a fantasy element to it and I’m not a big fantasy girl so I had to take a .5 point off but other then that I really did enjoy the story.

 10/10 would recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and Gore

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

absolutely incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Racism, Gore, and Death

cold_boy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

4.5

This book is perfectly crafted - the author knew exactly what story he wanted to tell. Equal parts campy and heartwrenching and nauseatingly gory, it's one of those rare books that combines a very strong and nuanced allegory without being clumsy about it. Going into it, I was a bit worried about the premise - Klan members secretly being interdimensional monsters is a good way to erase the real-life atrocities committed by the KKK - but Clark manages to walk the line well, never absolving the actions of the real Klan.
A special shout-out to the audiobook narrator, Channie Waites, for not just doing a great job, but for actually singing the songs that appear in the book! I think that's the first time I've ever heard a narrator sing instead of just doing that singsong-y chant thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Gore, Body horror, and Racial slurs

Minor: Slavery, Antisemitism, and Sexual content