Reviews tagging 'Gore'

African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou

5 reviews

196books's review

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

2.75


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tadiwa_e's review

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I can see why people enjoy this book. However for me personally I couldn’t stomach the themes of the book, I understand it’s meant to be satirical or even social commentary. But I just personally felt sick reading it and I’m not someone who does not finish a book regularly.. I’m just sad I didn’t like it at all and found myself putting off reading it and would often check how far I have left to go… 

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juliemanning's review

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

3.0


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priyas's review against another edition

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4.5


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hannia222's review against another edition

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honestly just not in the mood for the violence and disturbing narration of this book. objectively, i think it's good, just not something I can handle at the moment.

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