Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson

3 reviews

mgmotley's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Bullying

mmwiseheart's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I struggled so much with this. I just couldn’t get used to the writing style. I appreciate the detailed description of things, but whenever there was dialog, it wasn’t in quotations or even separated into its own paragraph. It was just part of the regular text. I had to keep rereading parts of it to understand what was being said by a character and what was internal monologue. 

It was a little triggering for me because of some of the graphic description of violence and I wish I had known about it beforehand. I read this for a book group, but I may have chosen not to read it and just skip this one. If you are triggered by sexual assault and/or animal cruelty, you might want to skip this one. 

The subject matter was interesting and thought provoking. It’s a mostly contemporary story with fantasy elements mixed in. A boy has a special power in an otherwise ordinary world. The whole book is about him coming to terms with what this power means, as he also tries to determine where he fits in. There is a twist in the plot and then the book just ends. We are given some clues to be able to piece together what would have happened next. But it just ends with no clear resolution and no follow up on how any of the characters feel about it or how it affects their lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm and Vomit

indigosparrow's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting, Murder, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Chronic illness, Cursing, Alcohol, Excrement, Homophobia, and Rape

Minor: Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Bullying, and Self harm