At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop

At Night All Blood is Black

David Diop with Anna Moschovakis (Translator)

145 pages • first pub 2018 (view editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced
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At Night All Blood is Black suits readers who seek spare, unflinching portraits of how war distorts loyalty and identity and who can withstand an atmosphere of mounting psychological disintegration.

Description

Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting as a so-called “Chocolat” soldier with the French army during World War I. When his friend Mademba Diop, in the same regiment, is seriously injured i...

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Community Reviews

3.82
based on 7,719 reviews

Moods

dark: 96%

challenging: 50%

sad: 47%

emotional: 43%

reflective: 39%

tense: 38%

mysterious: 15%

adventurous: 5%

informative: 3%

Pace

39% of readers chose fast
45% of readers chose medium
14% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
14% of readers chose A mix
82% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

33% of readers chose Yes
49% of readers chose Complicated
14% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
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Loveable characters?

7% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
41% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

66% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
18% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

85% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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