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No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

23 reviews

megnut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Each thread of the story is interesting... but it's hard to follow and keep everything straight because there's so many. And that means the plot doesn't really seem like it can move forward much. 

It's a fascinating world, but I don't really feel like I got to see or experience it much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse and Police brutality

Minor: Domestic abuse

zachzakku's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

Caribbean-inspired fantasy, looking at monstrosity in society via actual "monsters."

Trans guy rep~! Poly rep~! 

Be advised it's the first in a series so don't expect a neat ending. Also there are tons of characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Transphobia

violerwolf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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? No

3.25

While I enjoyed the concept and broader ideas explored in the book, including Turnbull’s iconic mosaic narratives, the prose fell a bit flat for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Police brutality, Death of parent, Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Acephobia/Arophobia, Grief, Cancer, Suicide, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Body horror

Minor: Alcohol and Transphobia

scarroll178's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.5

Such a strange, cool world the author has crafted here. (Or should I say, worlds lol). There are definitely a lot of characters to keep up with, and some are more memorable/interesting than others unfortunately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual violence, and Suicide

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicide attempt, Grief, Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, and Death

spootilious's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

 

Read: August 16, 2023
 Title: No Gods, No Monsters 

Series: The Convergence Saga #1
 Author: Cadwell Turnbull
 Genre: Fantasy Horror
 Rating: 2/5
 Review: 

I don’t really have a lot to say about this one. I didn’t… NOT like it, but there isn’t much I specifically liked either. 

What I can say is that the writing style is beautiful. It is obvious that Turnbull is  very talented. However, the storyline and the characters have this sort of vagueness that keeps anything from truly standing out. 

From what I can tell, most people complain at how the story jumps around and the points of view shift so strangely. I can understand their point. I suppose I’ve read enough novels written this way that it wasn’t too bad for me. Though I will say with just a small shuffle of one or two chapters Turnbull could have kept the mystery while still making the shifts less jarring for the reader. In my opinion he didn’t quite manage what he was going for. 

I will also say that physically reading the book makes it more understandable than listening to the audiobook which is what I first attempted. Dion Graham is one of the sexiest narrators I’ve come across but there was nothing he could do with this one to make it easier to understand. 

Overall, not a bad book but not a great one in my opinion. Bit overhyped but love the writing style 😊 

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TW: Rape, Murder, Gore, Vore, Body Horror, Mass shooting, General Violence 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Transphobia, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Rape, and Torture

gracecrandall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Antisemitism

kryskross's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Kidnapping

mossybean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

As much as I loved some of the characters and the magic, I just came out of this book thinking: so what does that all mean? I feel like I was left out of the loop, I wasn’t told enough about the important parts, so I didn’t care about them, and the less important parts just got thrown by the wayside towards the end. I wanted it all to come together but it didn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Police brutality