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mykingdomforacommune's review against another edition
CW: Sexual violence, racism, paedophillia, gore inc cannibalism
Be warned: this review contains spoilers and mention of some truly horrific things. Please read with caution.
At which questionable scene does it becomes apparent that this book is simply not for you? Is it the two instances of gratuitous paedophillia (inc sonophilipa)? How about the cannibal natives? This book has native American ("river Indians") AND African varieties. Maybe, it's the graphic gang rape, or the prostitutes turned into animals and flayed? Or maybe it's the continued use of seriously racist stereotypes about black people in description and action?
The thing is, each instance I get. I understand the depiction of power, the consequences of the unbridled passions at the heart of humanity and the selfish, wanton destruction created via passion, though what a bleak picture!
And in the end, the relentless depiction of the grotesque became too much. At which questionable scene did I realise this book isn't for me? African "Amazonian warriors" with a cannibalistic appetite.
Be warned: this review contains spoilers and mention of some truly horrific things. Please read with caution.
At which questionable scene does it becomes apparent that this book is simply not for you? Is it the two instances of gratuitous paedophillia (inc sonophilipa)? How about the cannibal natives? This book has native American ("river Indians") AND African varieties. Maybe, it's the graphic gang rape, or the prostitutes turned into animals and flayed? Or maybe it's the continued use of seriously racist stereotypes about black people in description and action?
The thing is, each instance I get. I understand the depiction of power, the consequences of the unbridled passions at the heart of humanity and the selfish, wanton destruction created via passion, though what a bleak picture!
And in the end, the relentless depiction of the grotesque became too much. At which questionable scene did I realise this book isn't for me? African "Amazonian warriors" with a cannibalistic appetite.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Cannibalism, and Colonisation