Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

4 reviews

lunarstrudel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Sigh. I really wanted to like this, but ugh. So much no. Should have listened to my gut and dnfed it early, but I liked the worldbuilding and wanted to see where it was going. I ended up skimming  the last 20% because it was due back at the library, and I didn't want to use another hold slot on it, but wanted to see if it got better. No folks, it got worse. So many eyerolls, much gratuitous violence that felt pointless... It felt like a first draft that needs a lot of editing. There was a lot of repetitive explanations and meandering exposition, and entire povs that didn't seem to have a point. Editing is important! I wish that more time had been spent refining it, because it could be a really good story. I'll try other books by this author but probably won't continue this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Slavery, Torture, and Grief

lady_valhella's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Classism

daniellestarredpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Slavery, and Grief