A review by sarah984
At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.0

There's some really brutal writing here about war and colonialism and the lives that get swallowed up in them, but I found the first few chapters difficult to wade through (the first was interesting but the next few repeated the story with only minor additions - I believe this is intended to match oral tradition style but it was a challenge for me) and I didn't like the writing about any of the women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Death of parent