Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

14 reviews

macaronis_telegraph's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

Format of the book is frustrating - While Barry does succeed at crafting a distinct voice for his main character, it also for some reason meant that every paragraph was multiple pages long, creating a constant wall of text on every page, allowing for an uninviting read. 

Author also fails to address in any light the horrendous parts of the past he writes about. He writes in detail his characters partaking in the repeated slaughter of Native Americans both before and after the civil war, but because the characters partaking in the murder are gay and rescue one little girl, everything is okay right? I think not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and War

veronicats's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol

friends2lovers's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Excrement

lavendl's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Vomit, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism and Alcohol