Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

3 reviews

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Deadnaming, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Eating disorder, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement, Sexual content, and Pedophilia

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Transphobia, Violence, Abandonment, and Gore

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, Stalking, and Torture

entazis's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective slow-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

3.75

No Gods, No Monsters is an urban fantasy written as a series of vignettes. We follow a group of characters dealing with the aftermath of the world finding out that supernatural monsters exist. Gradually, we glimpse the character's stories, learn how interconnected they all are, which roles they have in the narrative, and so on. The narration is fragmented, the story split into these small impressions of the character's lives, which we gradualy learn about.

That can be a bit difficult to read, but it's also what makes this book interesting and different. The narration and narrator played a big role in my enjoyment but I'm a sucker for meta narration. However I also had some troubles because I forgot names of characters so I'm sure I missed some stuff.
The pacing is slow and the story is character-based rather than plot. It's all about who are the real monsters, about drug abuse, dysfunctional families, police brutality, grief, and regret. There are a lot of chilling moments, dread-filling situations, and deep seethed terror.
This book is a bit sad, a bit scary, and a bit depressing. But if you like stories that focus on characters, with a great queer and poly rep, monsters in urban setting, and narrator that will mess with your perception of narration, you should check this out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, and Drug use

Moderate: Deadnaming