Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

8 reviews

juniperbranches's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

This has been such an honour to read. Onyesonwu is a child of rape, of anger and of magic. Living in a post apocalyptic African society Onye is living through a genocide of her mother’s people committed by the people of her unknown biological father. When ancient shapeshifter magic stores in her bones Onyesonwu knows she can keep her primal rage silent no more and sets into the desert to change the world. 

Listen, if you are going to read this book there are a ton of trigger warnings. But, oh god is it worth it. This book is going to be one I think I about constantly. Please read it if you have the capacity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, Murder, Violence, Religious bigotry, Rape, Vomit, Slavery, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Genocide, and Racism

nightoscphere's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

when i say this book had me fucking GAGGING like idk... i cant even tell u why this book had me gripped but it did!! even if i didnt fuck with any of the men in this entire book (mwita on VERY FUCKING THIN ICE), it was such a good ride i simply couldn't put it down!! i love the way magic works in this world and how unabashedly human it is — our teen protagonists & co kill, have sex, and fight and aren't (permanently) shamed for acting like teens in a fucked up post apocalyptic magical sudan! this is the first adult fantasy book ive finished in a long time where i didn't feel like the worldbuilding was lackluster, where the prose didnt bore me to tears and the characters had some meat to their bones! it wasn't convoluted (like so many white fantasy stories are 🙄), the use of words i didn't know didn't take away from my reading experience, and i wasnt bothered by it's pacing, like you really need to sit with onye's journey we cant just skip to the action!

i was a bit confused by the end but after reading some (very poor interpretations of this book on reddit) i got it and really appreciate that ofc for the woman who does not fear death, death would not be a limitation! i need time to sit with it ofc, but whether or not onye is alive doesn't matter to me (at least for now) bc what does matter is that a sorceress like her is gonna find a way to connect to the ones she loves!! and i hope she does, i hope she's chilling w/ binta, luyu, mwita & their child, i hope her mother visits in between her lessons w/ aro. i also love that daib's end is worse than death — he's forever fucked up by mwita, can't do magic without sacrificing his health/life, AND every single woman has powers!! he just has to sit there and watch his daughter's legacy on the face of each n every woman he walks past — nuru, okeke, or ewu — and know that if he hadnt been such a sick bastard all these years ago he never would've fucked around with the wrong one and found out!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Hate crime, Sexism, War, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

Minor: Vomit

paukinra's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Rape, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Pedophilia, Blood, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content

macknificent's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Sexual assault, Body horror, Racism, and Racial slurs

tsuronhema's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Genocide

jsheffer01's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

An incredible book that deals with mature themes of sexual and ethnic violence in a genuine way that leads to character development and fantastic story telling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

estosnosonlibros's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual content

likejennybutwithad's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism