Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

86 reviews

sheriffrockyraccoon's review

adventurous dark inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book had so much hype around it when I was looking it up, and for all the right reasons. I loved the use of language and voice to really bring the characters alive and see the world through their perspective.

I also loved the fictional excerpts about certain Shout songs, it really helped flesh the world out to be bigger than just one book. I do wish the book wasn’t so short, I would have loved to see more world building around these different monsters and how they came to Macon. There were definitely times it felt rushed, but honestly the action and the characters well make up for it.

I’d definitely recommend this book for anyone interested in fantasy, horror, or adventure. I always love reading about American folklore and I think this book really builds upon American history to create an engaging narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Body horror, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cursing, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death

kt_jams's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Racism, Racial slurs, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent and Body horror

pipettesandpages's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Death, Animal death, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery

tey_lynn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

30something_reads's review

dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

Who is to blame for the hate that hate made?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Body horror, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Animal death

mikaylawood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense 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? Yes

3.0

Really enjoyed this on audio!! The narrator was amazing. This is outside of what I typically read, but I definitely want to read more of this author in the future! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and War

Minor: Animal death and Slavery

bcope84's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, War, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Murder, and Racism

2busyreading's review

dark medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent and Slavery

typedtruths's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

p. djèlí clark is a genius. brilliant.

▷ Representation: Black protagonists & scs; sapphic secondary character.

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Gun violence

➸ Trigger warnings for racism and white supremacy (theme), trauma, grief and loss depiction, death of a friend (on-page), death of parents and brother by lynching recounted, graphic body horror, murder, cannibalism, gun violence, fire

meaghanelizabook's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death, Gore, Body horror, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Alcohol