Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

31 reviews

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, and Racism

frankieclc's review against another edition

4.5

The audiobook for this (read by the author) is incredible, you get to appreciate the flow, sentence structure and prose so much more. Incredible actually

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual content

ivulikkivulik's review against another edition

medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Sexual content

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

A beautifully written reflection on love, trauma, and Blackness. Steeped in references to music and art and using language as a precise tool, this is definitely a must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Police brutality, Death, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Blood

shelfofunread's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Death, and Sexual content

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Gun violence

ktkeps's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, Blood, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Grief, and Murder

georgiesutton's review against another edition

4.0

I am not as keen on literary fiction or poetry and so perhaps didn’t appreciate this as much as others but I still thought this was really beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, and Racism

amgarrido's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Racism, and Sexual content