Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

14 reviews

vendix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

syntax_of_angels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

Very interesting and thought provoking, but I think a lot went over my head. A few points really had me intrigued, though. Overall I'd say it's worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

mblanke's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

coolfoolmoon's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense slow-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

3.75

Normally I don't like when stories turn randomly anti communist but I like it here because I get it. White people have always been like that, white commies are still like that!

Loved the whole thought process. It made me think about people who are crazy or who are considered crazy and their perception of reality. Like you see everything that happens to him, his reality doesn't care about him so surely he must be invisible and you really get it. I love the raw untamed thought process. Very real.

I heard the voice actor for the audiobook version I was listening to flip the page at least three times which is kinda funny but unrelated to the book. He was really good. 5 stars for Joe Morton.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Stalking

emnime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexism

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Rape, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

vickymcckey's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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

5.0

This is the kind of book that needs a separate book to explain all the references you missed the first time. My advice to anyone reading it who wants to derive as much meaning as possible is to annotate like a nerdy high schooler. Color code references and keep wikipedia by your side to look up any word that seems even a little bit intentional. Because I promise you, it’s all intentional. Parts of this book are disturbing, parts dryly humorous, parts hopeful or sad, but every word has thought behind it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

haileyeh's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Incest, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

lindseyas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense 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

A coming of age novel like you've never seen before. Set in the mid-1900s in a city where everything is happening all of the time, the unnamed southern Black man, our protagonist, is lost in the chaos. Told from an extremely early point in his life that he should just give in to the white man and white society, the protagonist goes with the flow easily, aiming to please and not be noticed as different. But when he makes his way to New York City, he's forced to be noticed. The protagonist is used as a political prop by a movement that cares little about him, is fought over by opposing sides and is worshipped only for his powerful voice and body — not for his character, his intelligence or his kindness. The protagonist is not treated as a human being, but as a way of being, as a set of values and to further an agenda that he is barely involved in. This novel is all about what being caught in the wave of history is like, and how invisibility, despite its loneliness and often futile attempt at security, is the only escape if we want to hold ourselves dear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Classism

kamilawithak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia