Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

10 reviews

khalih05's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Murder, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content

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

kyra_joy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Books set in this time period are always hard to read as a Black person, there is of course tons of racism throughout the book. But it is still a worthwhile read, the characters are all interesting even if not all of them are deep to the same level a few of their POVs really make you think. The story was fun and it all came together in the end making even some of the less enjoyable sections worth it. All in all a very enjoyable experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, and Murder

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Slavery, Child death, 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, Racial slurs, Violence, and Death

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

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.

horizonous's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

morphoportis's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Slavery and Sexual assault

margaretanncurtis's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

astronut's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Slavery, and Police brutality

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Death

azazellos_fang's review

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