Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

148 reviews

stagemanaginger's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

It’s always hard for me to know how to rate such short books because I feel like it was over before I got to really connect with the characters. I enjoyed how the author used time and followed Yetu’s story throughout while also weaving in the experiences of past historians.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

highkingmargo's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm very satisfied having read it once, but i already want to again, just to better understand certain parts with context.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Gore, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

alex_wordweaver's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

5.0

Beautiful book. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

just_bookish_things_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood

3eggomelet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-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

2.5

Maybe I can attribute this to the book being hyped up by others, but it was kind of a let-down. I expected more substance or more plot.

The ending felt like the easy way out. I thought Yetu and Oori were going to be together, but Oori being able to physically change so drastically was unbelievable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Self harm, Violence, and Dysphoria

Minor: Pregnancy and Abandonment

emilyjayne96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

skienight's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, and Grief

riverleafing's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.75

Casual writing with additional normalized queer flex, but fundamental is a fascinating concept  recall from time to time.

The story addresses the severe emotional trauma associated with keeping alive the memories of the past atrocities and horrors suffered by your people, and yet also the great importance it holds for the collective community, to have a sense of self and origin, to continue to keep the painful knowledge alive 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Grief, and Dysphoria

hellavaral's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

mfrisk's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

Given that this is a book based on a song it is in essence very lyrical and free flowing in nature. I liked that in some aspects of the story but it also made it very hard to follow the story in a chronological way. The story from what I can tell skipped between Yetu’s narrative to that of their collective community and was not linear in nature which made it a bit confusing for me. That being said I thought the themes of remembering history in community and of defining yourself grounded in that history were very strong and despite not loving the format the writing was lovely and I think this story would be stunning in other visual formats as well to really carry on the story told here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Death of parent