Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

5 reviews

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abandonment

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was so well crafted! It was an amazing read. The world was beautiful and the characters had so much to them. The plot kept me guessing throughout. 

I did find it a little slow to begin with but it didn't take long to pick up the pace and draw me in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Confinement, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

haylzno's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

MISS AYANA GRAY 

Phenomenal, amazing, adventurous, a wild ride all around. I absolutely LOVED this novel. 
I'm not one to binge a larger book like this but I devoured it in no time. Unlike some reviews, I found the pacing to be perfect. I loved the multiPOVs and the jumping timelines. And while each chapter gave you clues here and there that guided you to these plot guesses, nothing was overtly obvious or random. There were plenty of plot twists that had me saying "oh daaayummm!!". And when I tell you my heart BROKE in two when I hit the end of the book - I mean...talk about a cliffhanger. I cannot wait for the second book. 
Additionally, I really loved the authors note, which educated the readers on where her inspiration of the characters, creatures, and world building came from. I had just as much fun reading the authors note as I had reading the novel! 
This will absolutely be one I reread in the future, especially once Beasts of Ruin comes out! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Xenophobia, Drug use, Blood, Animal death, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Torture, Mental illness, Gore, Genocide, and Drug abuse

melaniereadsbooks's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Thank you to Penguin Teen and Netgalley for an arc of this book!

Koffi doesn't know that her world even still has magic, let alone that she can use it. But when her power is unleashed on the Night Zoo, she is forced to join with a Son of the Six, Ekon, to hunt down the mythical beast the Shetani in order to save her mother and friend from indentured servitude. Little does she know that the Greater Jungle holds more than just deadly creatures...it also holds dangerous secrets.

This book was awesome! I absolutely loved the world building and the magic of Lkossa. I also was so drawn in by the writing style and pacing throughout the book. I thought the characters were well developed and interesting.  I especially loved what they were able to learn once they got into the Jungle! So many twists and turns! I was definitely intrigued and kept the pages turning.

I'm excited to read the sequel to this and see what happens next! Great start to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Xenophobia

foreverinastory's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

Thank you to Netgalley & Penguin Teen for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Rep: Black/African female MC, Black/african male MC with anxiety and OCD (or possibly autistic?), Black/African female MC, supporting cast of BIPOC characters.

CWs: Blood, death, drug use without consent, fire, injury/injury detail, medical content, mental illness (anxiety/OCD), murder, panic attacks/disorders, violence, xenophobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Xenophobia