Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

5 reviews

songwind's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Slavery

catsy2022's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 Rating: B+

Lovecraft Country is a novel following the different members of a black family in America in the 1950s as they interact with philosopher (read: sorceror) Caleb Braithwhite and become part of his plans to take over the chapters of philosophers across the USA.

I really liked the protagonists in the book, across the stories they were all so interesting and went through different and frightening things. I think Hippolyta's story was probably my favourite. I wished there was more connection between chapters especially when they ended ambiguously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

peachmoni's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Death, Torture, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Child death, Slavery, and Antisemitism

charlieeee's review against another edition

challenging hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, and Death of parent

I haven't watched the HBO series, but from what I've read on DoesTheDogDie dot Com the TV series has taken a grain of truth from the book and made it more violent; shocking and 'sexy' (this is HBO we're talking about here). If you've tried the series and struggled due to some of the content, please give the book a go as the overall tone & content is more in-keeping with the science fiction from the 19th/20th century than anything more modern. A genuine delight to read - please give the book a chance.