Reviews tagging 'Blood'

El Corazón de las Tinieblas by Joseph Conrad

17 reviews

maricasement's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I picked this audiobook up because it was one of the shortest one in my Mother's library. Kenneth Branagh is amazing, as is to be expected, but the contents weren't as enjoyable as his performance. Conrad's descriptions are captivating and definitely set the scene for the story, which was something I really enjoyed. But this book is still a product of it's time and uses a lot of racist language and is very colonialist in its messages. It might be an interesting study, but I wouldn't read it again or particularly recommend it to people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty and Cannibalism

93explorer's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

 Mixed thoughts about this book, but leaning towards the negative. This book and its concepts were just really hard to read, especially from the point of view of the colonizer rather than the people being colonized. I think the general detachment and apathy from Marlow and the narrator made this book 10x worse in terms of the ideas, violence, and racism, and this made it really hard for me to want to read and analyze it for class. The only redeeming thing about this book was Conrad’s writing in terms of imagery and description, as it does really transport the reader into the narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and War

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Classism

novelyon's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism

ambdocksey22's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

derblauewolf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism

b_caligari's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury