Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

57 reviews

miastr's review

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, and Racism

cozyblanketbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Classism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: War

lira_the_recluse's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The mystery and world was compelling. I was happy to have correctly guessed the villian about half way through the book, but it was a wild ride to the end. I do feel like a few things near the end of the book were a bit rushed. Like the final few chapters had a lot of ground to cover and make up, but over all I liked the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Slavery, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Dementia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

purplepenning's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Colonisation, Violence, Racism, and Slavery

Magical subjugation of will

raptorq's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Slavery, and Xenophobia

Minor: Colonisation, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

kappafrog's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious medium-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

5.0

This. Was. FANTASTIC!! One of the best books I've read all year. I love the setting, the characters, the history, the folklore... Wow!! I want more books like this! A historian writing steampunk that centres entirely different cultures and histories than usual... I love it! Reading this felt like eating a delicious and varied meal you'd never tasted!

Fatima and Hadia made a great detective team, and I loved Siti. There were so many amazing side characters too, from a musician refugee from Jim Crow calling himself Mansa Musa, to a haughty djinn librarian, to a master of thieves feeding hungry children while keeping some wealth for herself. The world building was so rich, with so many strands woven together to make an engrossing tapestry. I'd love to see more of this world!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Classism, and Racism

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Body horror, Sexism, War, Slavery, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Blood, Cannibalism, Dementia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Islamophobia, and Mental illness

beepsies's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Torture, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Self harm, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Classism, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

novella42's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was beautiful, the worldbuilding was excellent, the characters were multi-dimensional, their problems and responses were believable, and Clark explored social issues with nuance. I loved so much of this book!

The story began a little slow for me because I'm not into mysteries, but by the second half I was having a hard time putting it down as the pacing built more and more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Gore, Slavery, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Violence, War, Self harm, Gun violence, Murder, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Addiction, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, War, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Hate crime, and Stalking

Minor: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, and Death of parent

taroroot's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i'm not really an audiobook girl but this was a really fun time! i enjoyed all the narrators and learning all the proper pronunciations for all the Arabic words. i thought the world building was really intriguing and well done. i loved how the MC's queerness was just a part of her. i also loved the way racism and colorism is acknowledged but never debated because it's obviously wrong in the MC's mind even as she explains the views of other people.

one star off just because i guessed the twist near the end fairly easily so i was kind of waiting to see how Fatma, Hadia, and Siti figured it out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery

Minor: Death, Sexism, and Colonisation

jpremmel's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Body horror, and Colonisation

Minor: Slavery