Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

90 reviews

dakdoesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This was such a hard book to read. Way more brutal than I normally go for, there were many times I needed to shut this and try to un-gross myself out/find mental peace. I have read enough about SA for a long, long time. If you are considering reading this story, assume you will read the worst of all forms of violent trigger warnings. 

And yet, I kept reading. This was my first experience reading about African mythology, which I was completely fascinated by. James truly captures the spirit of mythological tales and oral histories, and while I wouldn’t read another book in this series, I would absolutely check out other works of his. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

abnerbee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

Incredible mythology and great lore but so, so graphic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Sexual violence, Torture, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Violence

It's so violent and so graphic, just know that going in.

bookishkarina's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.5

Hated this. Disgusting and vulgar language that was so unnecessary. Women were described in such a foul way for no reason whatsoever. Has pedophelia, violent rape scenes, bestiality and so much more disturbing and disgusting stuff. I was in pain the entire time. Read something else. Don’t go through the pain and suffering I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, Incest, Death, Gore, Murder, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Child death, and Torture

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexism, and Confinement

latabernaderol's review against another edition

Vengo a darme por derrotada, no lo terminé.
Después de 350 páginas y de intentos todas las semanas, no logré engancharme y definitivamente me costaba agarrarlo cada vez que me ponía a leer. El plot me había parecido super interesante, es de fantasía y tiene mapas, nada podía salir mal (?. De hecho, muchos lo comparan con game of thrones y hasta Neil Gaiman -que me encanta lo que hace - dió una review super positiva.
Básicamente trata de un grupo que se une para buscar a un niño que había sido secuestrado (el motivo se conoce muuuuuuuy adelante en el libro). El personaje principal, Rastreador, tiene un olfato superhumano que le permite justamente rastrear cualquier olor que conozca, incluso a miles de kilómetros de distancia.
Como positivo quiero remarcar que tiene cosas de mitología africana super interesantes, hay demonios, dioses, distintas tribus y culturas, monstruos, shapeshifters y demás.
Como negativo, si bien estaba esperando gore y cosas turbias, personalmente me pareció demasiado y me costaba leerlo.
Trigger warning- se vienen comentarios sobre violencia sexual/física/psicológica: 
-La narración no es lineal, cosa que generalmente no me molesta, pero las primeras 200 y pico de páginas son de historias random del personaje principal que saltan en el tiempo sin ningún criterio aparente (hasta ese momento al menos) y se hace muyyyy largo. Como decía antes, recién arrancan la quest principal un poquito antes de donde dejé de leerlo. 
-Casi en todos los capítulos (que btw son super largos, algunos incluso de 57 páginas por lo que el "un capitulito más y me duermo" no se aplica para esta novela) hay abusos sexuales, pedofilia, bestialidad, violencia física y psicológica. Estos temas son muy constantes, a mi criterio no tan relevantes para la trama y hasta que pasan como si nada... me refiero a que sentí que estaban narrados a veces de una manera muy liviana para lo que estaba describiendo. Esto fue principalmente lo que me hizo dejar el libro... 
Ojo, hay reviews super mixtas respecto a este libro, y hasta fue nominado a varios premios y creo que ganó otros. Hay gente que lo ama, gente que lo odia y gente que no lo pudo terminar (como yo). Por ahí en otro momento de mi vida le doy otra oportunidad y quizás en las páginas que me faltaba todo cambiaba y me volaba la cabeza (? 
Me gustaría leer otras cosas del autor, porque todo el mundo habla genial de él. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

literarygrooves's review against another edition

Really wanted to love this book but it just wasn’t working for me. Lengthy sections of dialogue not indicating who was speaking with more than 2 characters involved. Jumping timelines that made it difficult for me to get and stay involved in the main storyline. Usually these are things that work just fine for me, but in this case were executed in such a way that left me consistently confused. That on top of what felt like consistent misogyny, graphic violence & SA - If I was more invested in the story or characters, I would’ve probably found it worth my time to push through my issues but I found myself just not caring enough to push through another 400+ pages. Please check content warnings before reading this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia

a_raptor_named_arsenic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Body horror, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexism

passionyoungwrites's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Y’all, this book is long but the chapters within an are all filled with information and journeys that lead to finding this little boy. The kicker is that it is hilarious at times, pushes you to really think, and forces you to keep turning the pages. 

My favorite character has to be the three hundred year old witch. Why? Because she would stop at nothing to find this boy. But, as with everyone else - she must have her secrets as well. Secrets that aren’t shared in this book. But, book 2 of the trilogy is hers. 

🐺 

This book has many topics, situations, and things that occur that I know many people wouldn’t want to read. However, it gives the story a push forward - a way to understand even the characters that aren’t the main focus. 

With this being a fantasy, with African Mythology mixed within, I’d say this was a wonderful experience. It shows how power is limited, how truths are stretched,and excessive ambitions. Have I read anything like it before? No. But, I have read another novel by this author and it didn’t disappoint either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Self harm, Animal death, Violence, Rape, and Murder

capybara5's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Gore, Death, Murder, Torture, Sexual violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Misogyny

emalderwood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement, Child death, and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse