Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

184 reviews

witchintherain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

Really enjoyed the audiobook! The audiobook reader was really talented, not sure I would've enjoyed it as much just reading it rather than listening to the audiobook. Could totally imagine this being adapted for an animated TV show.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

ekmsmith's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Homophobia

Moderate: Torture and War

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

stalfos's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

heyitsneen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Drug use

richy_qu33r_readzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

Oppugnant to Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance and probably somewhere between Salman  Rushdie and Douglas Addams, but in a uniquely ghost-world way. 
Packed full of political commentary on civil war, governance, human violence and more, this may be fiction but it teaches readers a lot about Sri Lanka, the struggle for independence, and empathy. All while exploring a uniquely wacky world of the dead.

“Do not be afraid of demons; it is the living we should fear. Human horrors trump anything that Hollywood or the afterlife can conjure. Always remember this when you encounter a wild animal or stray spirit. They are not as dangerous as you.” P.335

“This must be where they allocate budgets for torturers, organise pension plans for abductors and approve home loans for assassins” p. 345

 “You know why the battle of good vs evil is so one-sided Malin? Because evil is better organised, better equipped and better paid. It is not monsters or demons we should fear. Organised collectives of evil doers who think they are performing the work of the righteous. That is what should make us shudder.” P.345

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Violence, and War

lanid's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense

• 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: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

chloesnotscared's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Grief, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Suicide

hiitssimone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Begin is zo chaotisch, ik voelde me net zo verloren als Maali Almeida. Maar gaandeweg leer je de tussenwereld beter kennen en snap je de zijpaden. Mooie inkijk in de cultuur van Sri Lanka met al haar geschiedenis.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

lwp525's review against another edition

reflective tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicide, Murder, and War

anoke's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Very interesting read, something different. Really liked the mechanism of magic realism in the story. The second person style of writing took me a while to get used too and, paired with the descriptive writing style, this book took me longer than usual to finish. Very much worth it though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Vomit