Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

17 reviews

samants's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-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

3.75

Darkly funny at times, confusing and anticlimactic at others. I felt that the "climax" was less interesting than the vignettes into Jared's life, though Jared's life is so depressing that you really feel bad for the kid. The magical realism elements kind of come out of nowhere and could have been better developed. I was rooting for Jared, and his strength as a character makes me want to read the sequel.

I don't normally put content warnings, but this book has a lot of very graphic content, so I'm including a bunch of content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This low-fantasy magical realism book follows Jared as he navigates the challenges of colonialism, high school, an abusive family, and hallucinations that may or may not be magic.

Although I appreciated the coming-of-age aspect of this book, I found that the fantasy storyline was more on the sideline than I would have liked. One of my biggest criticisms of the writing is that the drug use and violence/weapons reads like it was written by a mom who has never smoked weed before. No hate to the author, but some of the slang that was used was laughable.

Spice level: 🌶🌶.5/5

Please please please, check the content warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Incest, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Colonisation

stephanieridiculous's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism

powellrvr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

bretagnereads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-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

3.0

I read Son of a Trickster previously and felt very meh about it. I received The Return of the Trickster in a book box, so I felt I needed to reread this one prior to the rest of the series. This time, I actually tried to focus on it. Though it still wasn't a favourite, I enjoyed the intricate nature of it. It was complex and touched on many aspects of Indigenous culture, family and relationships. It was complicated and messy. It was well written and had complex characters. Overall, I enjoyed it. I do feel that it may be a love it or leave it series, though I will continue on with it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Violence

noreadingdegree's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i went in expecting to enjoy this, but am still shocked at just HOW much i enjoyed it. i loved this. i love love loved it. i did only listen to this via audiobook, but the narrator, jason ryll, was an absolute delight. this book had me cracking up the whole time and i couldn't help but love jared and his messy ass self and family 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts