Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

5 reviews

alicelalicon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Murder

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

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.

jbellomy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Grief

azazellos_fang's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail