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Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

mateyy's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

ohknellah's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious

4.5

reuben_books's review against another edition

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First of all, the first section of this book truly disturbed me with how obsessed the author was with breasts and breast milk... You couldn't go for a page without a batshit description of one or the other.

Aside from this, I think this book is just way too poetic for me, at least with how my brain is working at the moment. I found it hard to fully process what I was reading, which is ok for a shorter book, but for one this long I just felt lost. While I don't think this is a bad book, possibly quite the opposite, I'm not clicking with it enough to invest more time into it. 

phathaway's review against another edition

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Unfortunately, the accent of the narrator was too hard for me, even at slower speeds. Will have to read the physical copy

pfruit's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

gizadaemon's review

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4.0

Reading this book was the literary equivalent of being punched in the gut. I hated reading this. I’m exhausted after reading this. I love this book in the worst way and am thrilled and terrified that there is a sequel and eventually will be a third installment.

bgreen88's review

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The writing style was a little difficult for my brain to understand.

j_e_n_n's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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kittykels's review against another edition

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This book was dark in a way that I'mnot currently open to reading. The book was well written and there are some interesting elements, but I found myself dreading reading it so I just stopped. The narrator on Audible was excellent, at least. 

kschukar's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5