A review by talknerdybookblog
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

Representation: Black main character, Black queer supporting character, Black supporting characters, Black side characters, Black queer side characters, Black author

Mature Themes:

• Allusion to sex (non-descriptive) 

Possible Triggers: Yes

• Anti-Black racism (including racial slurs)
• Torture (including medical torture)
• Cannibalism
• Gore
• Body horror
• Gun violence
• Death
• Murder of main character's family
• Reference to lynching and whipping
• Reference to dismemberment 
• Reference to and discussion of slavery, being abducted and enslaved 
• Reference to PTSD, including from WWI
• Animal death
• Grief

Ending:

HFN... there is closure but the ending sets up a new monster-hunting mission for Maryse