rorareads55's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing
Minor: Animal death and Gore
rowan_reviews's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 is about two men who are investigating a.. well, a haunted tram car, and it's not as straight forward as they thought it'd be.
I enjoyed how the seemingly unrelated background cultural/societal/political information was woven within and throughout the story, with all the loose ends neatly tied up. The story takes a few twists and turns, which adds to the fun.
All in all it was a satisfying and quick read.
I enjoyed how the seemingly unrelated background cultural/societal/political information was woven within and throughout the story, with all the loose ends neatly tied up. The story takes a few twists and turns, which adds to the fun.
All in all it was a satisfying and quick read.
Content Warnings
Minor: Blood and Animal death
thereaderfriend's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Had higher expectations for this :/ the potential was there but not executed well. Did like the wacky mysterious vibes. Didn't like the women's suffrage subplot to the main plot. That wasn't good. Didn't like the MC but the rest of it was decent. Definitely a starting novella for the author. Liked the monster action and world building. Looking forward to Fatma's book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexism, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Violence, Gore, and Animal death
Minor: Blood, Misogyny, and Xenophobia
aardwyrm's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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
I really like Clark's work and all the weirdness and reflection on human frailty and fundamental potential for goodness and cool monster action is here, though you can kinda tell it's an earlier work (lot of "as you know, Bob" dialogue), the exposition dumps sit lightly because the bizarre worldbuilding is a large part of the draw.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Pregnancy, Sexism, Blood, Cannibalism, and Gore
bookswithjelena's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I LOVED this novella. I quite enjoyed the first short story in this series and fell in love with the world and hoped to read more from those characters. This one was no different. I hope there are more fiction coming from Hamed and Onsi . Can't wait to expand on this world and find out more about Fatma in the next novel from this universe.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Blood and Animal death
awpatton's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexism
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Gore
naika's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I quite enjoyed "The Haunting of Tram Car 015", albeit I did not always fully understand what was going on. But P. Djeli Clark weaved such a moving, atmospheric story, I did not feel pressured to figure everything out. What I did gather was conversations on equality, activism, subjugation and exploitation, and otherness. All set in a really interesting, alternate, steam-punk Egypt. This novella most certainly could have been a full-length novel with everything that was introduced (though the execution of this novella was top-notch and was well developed for something so short). Although each character was great, I very much liked Onsi. I am not sure if he was supposed to be perceived as comical, but his character caused me to laugh and was a good contrast to Hamed. I certainly look forward to the next book in this world!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Blood
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