Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi

4 reviews

maziodynes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

I enjoyed this book more than I thought initially! it's not as scary as I expected, more unsettling, and I liked the overarching theme of breaking cycles of abuse and how they can manifest. I also loved how flawed and, well, messy the cast of characters was. they felt incredibly real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, and Suicide

Minor: Racism and Stalking

faulklore's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

trigger 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Racism, Drug use, Alcoholism, Murder, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Suicide

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, Child abuse, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Torture, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Racism

callikat's review against another edition

dark fast-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

3.5

The premise is interesting, I did think it dragged on quite a bit though. 70% of the book seems to set up the final confrontation, and it was just a lot of exposition. I liked the imagery, but it was hard to visualize. I think it'd be a better movie than a book, honestly. A lot of the haunting/grotesque imagery didn't really translate for me. One aspect I really enjoyed is the dialogue -- I think it was very natural, and felt like real conversations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Child death

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Lesbophobia and Racism