Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Devourers by Indra Das

3 reviews

froggy1png's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Such an entrancing read! My first introduction to Indra Das, I must read more of his works - so sad, so emotional, so fantastical, what a delight!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

Smoking. Urination. Discussion of and explicit descriptions of rape, as well as depiction of aftermath, but no extended scene. Sexual coercion, victim blaming/justification of rape (by character; criticized by others and narrative), discrimination against sex workers. Pregnancy and birth by rape. Decapitation. Metaphorical mentions of bestiality. Sexual relationships in a shapeshifter-unique dynamic compared to but not necessarily equivalent to parent-child dynamics, where one party has sometimes been raised by the other since youth; discussed and alluded to, but not graphically shown on-page.

aardwyrm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Like all the best horror, weird, gross, kinda horny, never fully explained, rich and dreadful and spooky and gory, gets its claws in and won't let go. Warning: One of the POV characters is a rapist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism