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Ghostland by Duncan Ralston
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
0.25
This is the most unimaginative book I've ever read as an adult. That ither reviewer is correct. This is just Jurassic Park but without any if the qualities or heart that made JP reaonate across generations. I feel rather embarassed to even list this publicly as a book I've read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Daughter from the Dark by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Charisma by Steven Barnes
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
✨🌠 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 🌠✨
This took me about 2.88 hours yo read. Most novels of this length take about two. I hit chapter 21 and was wonder if it ever picked up or started on the dangerous issue. I am glad I powered through because it's a very interesting plot, and incredibly well written.
What a long strange interesting book. I'd say its suspense more than thriller, but definitely a slow, evenly paced one. Everything gets explained that needs explaining. The world setting is very realistic and at many times uncomfortably so. It doesn't shy away from the reality of life and trauma. There is definitely whorephobia in the plot of the serial killers targeting sex workers. I don't know how much of it is romanticized or embellished. Sex workers are common targets, unfortunately. I can appreciate that the serial killers come to a violent and terrible end, at least. That doesn't really make up fir the whorephobia.
Others might suggest this should be shorter. I would disagree as this needs enough room to breathe and allow the characters to exist in order to be more than 2d stereotypes. I think the author did very well conveying black culture and what life is like for black people in a antiblack society. There is very little wish fulfillment to me in the book. In that yes the prominent bad guys get punished to a degree, but that's not to true every bad person encountered herein. Again, it's very real modern life.
Do you ever wish to read a book with Black characters or characters of color and not have it be white characters but with the skin tones changed to 'fit' being Black or PoC? Or that you could read something that naturally included Black people or PoC? And wasn't as a learning device for coddled whites, or unrealistic in terms of racism and antiblackness? This is the book that does such a thing. It doesn't shy away from racism, and I think it's done very well. The author himself is a Black man and is intimate with being Black. Blackness doesn't feel shoehorned in, or like a plot device, in this book.
If you're interested in reading the story but are put off by the slow pace and meandering plot, skip to chapter 82. Everything in the last 81 chapters will be explained. If the plot is still interesting and you don't mind the explicit traumatic themes, I'd suggest reading the full book. Otherwise skip it.
RE Whorephobia, major spoilers.
Part of the plot is that a famous Black man uses his power and sway to get away with literally 'hunting' sex workers who are [most likely] picked up off the street from very impoverished neighborhoods. There is an entire chapter and scene dedicated to one scenario of this happening, though it's done by his white subordinate bodyguard, who is now a police officer. It's not shown as a good thing, and I understand that this does happen in real life. If you're sensitive to such themes and topics, go in forewarned, if at all.
Pedophilia, CSA, Incest.
There are discussions and off screen occurances of CSA / incest and male on male rape. It's not lingered on, and is cut off, switching to a different scene. There are negative reactions to this being witnessed or heard of. I wouldn't say this author is romanticizing these abuses, but does not shy away from them.
Homophobia.
Man there's a shitton in it. The gay cis white men are pretty much The Bad Guys in this. See the above paragraph too. Huh.
Anti indigenous racism.
Hey you know the Addams Family movie wherein the kids are sent to the Summer Camp and there's the thanksgiving reenactment with the kids pretending to be Native Americans? Yeah there's a summer camp portion like that in the book, complete with using Indigenous Nations as 'tribe' or cabin grouping for the kids.
content warnings
minor ableism towards people who use drugs, abortion, anti indigenous slur [Sioux], antisemitism, cancer, child abuse, death, homophobia, incest, mormons, murder, pedophilia, racism, serophobia / AIDs, sexual content
medium abuse, antisemitism, bullying, car crash, child abuse, fatphobia, genital mutilation, guns, injuries, trafficking, violence
major ableist language r slur, animal cruelty, animal death, anti black racism, bullying, cancer, car crashes, child abuse, child death, colorism, csa, death, drowning, drug use cocaine, drug use smoking tobacco, fire, fire injuries, gambling, gore, gun violence, hate crime, homophobia, incest, injuries, male rape, medical content, murder, parental death, pedophilia, racial slurs, rape, sexual violence, vietnam war crimes, violence, vomit, war crimes, whorephobia,
This took me about 2.88 hours yo read. Most novels of this length take about two. I hit chapter 21 and was wonder if it ever picked up or started on the dangerous issue. I am glad I powered through because it's a very interesting plot, and incredibly well written.
What a long strange interesting book. I'd say its suspense more than thriller, but definitely a slow, evenly paced one. Everything gets explained that needs explaining. The world setting is very realistic and at many times uncomfortably so. It doesn't shy away from the reality of life and trauma. There is definitely whorephobia in the plot of the
Others might suggest this should be shorter. I would disagree as this needs enough room to breathe and allow the characters to exist in order to be more than 2d stereotypes. I think the author did very well conveying black culture and what life is like for black people in a antiblack society. There is very little wish fulfillment to me in the book. In that yes the prominent bad guys get punished to a degree, but that's not to true every bad person encountered herein. Again, it's very real modern life.
Do you ever wish to read a book with Black characters or characters of color and not have it be white characters but with the skin tones changed to 'fit' being Black or PoC? Or that you could read something that naturally included Black people or PoC? And wasn't as a learning device for coddled whites, or unrealistic in terms of racism and antiblackness? This is the book that does such a thing. It doesn't shy away from racism, and I think it's done very well. The author himself is a Black man and is intimate with being Black. Blackness doesn't feel shoehorned in, or like a plot device, in this book.
If you're interested in reading the story but are put off by the slow pace and meandering plot, skip to chapter 82. Everything in the last 81 chapters will be explained. If the plot is still interesting and you don't mind the explicit traumatic themes, I'd suggest reading the full book. Otherwise skip it.
RE Whorephobia, major spoilers.
Part of the plot is that a
Pedophilia, CSA, Incest.
There are discussions and off screen occurances of CSA / incest and male on male rape. It's not lingered on, and is cut off, switching to a different scene. There are negative reactions to this being witnessed or heard of. I wouldn't say this author is romanticizing these abuses, but does not shy away from them.
Homophobia.
Man there's a shitton in it. The gay cis white men are pretty much The Bad Guys in this. See the above paragraph too. Huh.
Anti indigenous racism.
Hey you know the Addams Family movie wherein the kids are sent to the Summer Camp and there's the thanksgiving reenactment with the kids pretending to be Native Americans? Yeah there's a summer camp portion like that in the book, complete with using Indigenous Nations as 'tribe' or cabin grouping for the kids.
content warnings
minor ableism towards people who use drugs, abortion, anti indigenous slur [Sioux], antisemitism, cancer, child abuse, death, homophobia, incest, mormons, murder, pedophilia, racism, serophobia / AIDs, sexual content
medium abuse, antisemitism, bullying, car crash, child abuse, fatphobia, genital mutilation, guns, injuries, trafficking, violence
major ableist language r slur, animal cruelty, animal death, anti black racism, bullying, cancer, car crashes, child abuse, child death, colorism, csa, death, drowning, drug use cocaine, drug use smoking tobacco, fire, fire injuries, gambling, gore, gun violence, hate crime, homophobia, incest, injuries, male rape, medical content, murder, parental death, pedophilia, racial slurs, rape, sexual violence, vietnam war crimes, violence, vomit, war crimes, whorephobia,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, War, Vomit, and Trafficking
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Bullying, Car accident, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, and Violence
Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Ghost Camera by Darcy Coates
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
✨🌠 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 🌠✨
An interesting concept. Execution fails a little. It's like a scooby doo episode turned into a lil novella. Not especially scary or tense.
minor blood, stalking?, vomit, gore, child death,
major car crashes, injuries, violence, medical content, body horror, gore, domestic abuse, toxic relationships,
An interesting concept. Execution fails a little. It's like a scooby doo episode turned into a lil novella. Not especially scary or tense.
minor blood, stalking?, vomit, gore, child death,
major car crashes, injuries, violence, medical content, body horror, gore, domestic abuse, toxic relationships,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Body horror, Gore, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Blood, Stalking, Gore, Vomit, and Child death
Artemis by Andy Weir
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
ok so this is basically a reminder to myself not to read Weir shit. He's not good at writing. Like the The Martian book was his best and if you have no interest in funny ha ha science fiction then you're not going to read the other shit he has.
For this book there was... I think racism? Like there's some islamophobic shit and racism about only certain races could perform these tasks and such. IT was n some such youtube review, idk, I kind of forget at the moment. But honestly the review semi spoiled shit and it's just not interesting enough to actually read the book. So skip this and skip whatever shit Weir puts out. Save you are self <3
For this book there was... I think racism? Like there's some islamophobic shit and racism about only certain races could perform these tasks and such. IT was n some such youtube review, idk, I kind of forget at the moment. But honestly the review semi spoiled shit and it's just not interesting enough to actually read the book. So skip this and skip whatever shit Weir puts out. Save you are self <3
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
I tried it, didn't like how little I read in the book, spoiled myself and OH YEAH this is hot dog shit.
And boy howdy, it was bad.
The spoiler for the whole plot.
Here's the deal: There are two races, humans and trolls. Humans are humans in a pseudo-victorian era, trolls are great rich wizards who have two roles that aren't defined by gender and also resemble really muscular blue people and their sexual organs are their dimorphism. Otherwise they've got male torsos. There are two main characters: a female wizard-to-be and a nobleman. The wizard-to-be gets to be apprentice wizard to the greatest wizard in the world and the nobleman falls in love with a troll and they fall in love.
The author tries to shoehorn in a murder mystery that she doesn't have the skills to write.
Sounds like hamfisted hamhandled intersexism and a pointless mystery and stupid pointless misogyny. Pass.
And boy howdy, it was bad.
The spoiler for the whole plot.
The author tries to shoehorn in a murder mystery that she doesn't have the skills to write.
Sounds like hamfisted hamhandled intersexism and a pointless mystery and stupid pointless misogyny. Pass.
Graveyard Smash: Women of Horror Anthology, Volume 2 by Jill Girardi
The hilarity of this dedication while having some jackoff called 'doc holocaust' do the foreword. Thanks for the antisemitism, go dig holes irl.
I only dld this for v castro's story. It wasn't very good compared to their other stuff. I'm glad I didn't pay for this. Deleted, yikes.
0.25
Dedication
This anthology is dedicated to all those who love horror fiction
regardless of their gender, race, religion, orientation, identity,
disability, physical appearance or any other such constructs.
All are welcome.
Special thanks to Rizal Gunawan, Billy Nocera, Doc Holocausto, Jep
Knulle, Silvester Koorevaar, Brandon Scott and Ellie Douglas. Also
thanks to Paula R.C. Readman for coming up with the book title!
The hilarity of this dedication while having some jackoff called 'doc holocaust' do the foreword. Thanks for the antisemitism, go dig holes irl.
I only dld this for v castro's story. It wasn't very good compared to their other stuff. I'm glad I didn't pay for this. Deleted, yikes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism