Reviews

No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben

john_bizzell's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

not_another_ana's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.5

andie524q5's review

challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

ahlers718's review

dark tense

gbatts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

4.25

rebb003's review

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Murder

Moderate: Racism

hpiper's review

3.75

Probably worth a re-read so that I hopefully understand it a bit better. This is a great book I just didn’t really ‘get it’

vivakresh's review

adventurous dark lighthearted reflective 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

2.5

As a novel, it fails on some level—lacks a coherent tone, characters are motivated to do violence without clear reasons, plot twists come out of nowhere—yet its ambitions to comment on the phenomenon of Black American queer culture in a modern African context remains compelling and relevant and unique. I found the violence really unsettling. 

shewoe's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.25

vaguelymodern's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5