Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

27 reviews

thecasualbooknerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Aurora Rising’s darker, grittier cousin. 

Wow, am I glad I decided to read this at a not-so-stressful time in my life. Going into this almost blind, only knowing that it’s sci-fi and in an interesting format, I was surprised at how dark it was—maybe this view is influenced by the fact that I’m reading it right as we’re coming out of a pandemic. Regardless, it is a adrenaline-pumping, gripping story that is excellently paced and expertly crafted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Genocide, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

birdy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Torture, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, War, and Medical trauma

Minor: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Child abuse

laurajones's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Terminal illness, Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child death, Cannibalism, and Child abuse

breadworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Genocide, Medical content, and War

Minor: Car accident and Panic attacks/disorders

short_circuit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

"the universe owes you nothing, kady. it has already given you everything, after all. [...] the only way it will remember you is if you do something worthy of remembrance."

god knows i love a morally grey AI with a fucked up code of ethics and a thing for the most badass human girl in outer space

"gaslight gatekeep girlboss" AIDAN
just plain girlboss kady
ezra honey i love u but your girlfriend is so so much cooler

(please heed the content warnings on this one, folks. whole lotta violence and death and shooting and whatnot. there's no tag for "illness", but the main part of the story involves people being infected with a virus that makes them go insane, so i tagged it with "terminal illness" to be safe.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Genocide, Gore, Confinement, Body horror, Blood, and Terminal illness

sleepythingie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is easily one of the most unique books I've ever read. The formatting and writing style makes this book consistently entertaining and mysterious and despite the slightly untraditional formatting, the plot and characters still feel wonderfully fleshed out. The romance was very cheesy, but it was a nice change from the rest of the book which was quite dark and heavy for the most part. Although none of the plot twists really blew my mind, it was still incredibly entertaining and this book is just absolutely thrilling in terms of action, explosions, and zombies. Overall this is just a thrilling, heart-wrenching space opera that I would recommend to anyone who likes seeing things explode in space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Gun violence, Genocide, and Confinement

jessywithawhy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Genocide

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Suicide, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

annuich's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and War

katsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

"Until the last star in the galaxy dies, you have me."

"...like roses in his hands, death blooms."

"She is catalyst. She is chaos."

"Am I not merciful?"

"Perhaps bravery is simply the face humanity wraps around its collective madness."

This book was so freaking intense. If you like thrillers that'll keep you guessing, this is probably up your alley. The twists and turns kept me engaged and I was surprised by how much narrative shown through given the formatting. The story is told completely through reports and IMs. Essentially the book is a "dossier" on the events so the only passages that even resemble prose are the "transcriptions" of video files. The visual element of the book itself is incredibly compelling. My only negative, I'd say, was that I would have liked more description of the characters. I had a hard time picturing some of them. I think it was a major drawback to the unique formatting to the book. But I can also understand how not having specific descriptions of the characters leaves what they look like open to more interpretation. I can see the appeal of that, too. I think I just really wanted more ways to fully connect with the characters since I couldn't be in their heads. Overall, I had a blast reading this and am looking forward to picking up the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia