Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

8 reviews

kirtreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book! I loved the “fantasy sci-fi” with both genres captured in one book. I thought the two povs actually worked well and I think this author really excels at it. I loved it in Children of Time and he has it really honed in. 

I thought the characters were interesting, but the fantasy side was a little flat and none of the characters super memorable. 

The plot was fun, and I enjoyed the way he blended the two genres. It was a fun car read. I would recommend for a long drive to feel immersed and have something that you can finish in one day of travel but I don’t know if I would have liked it as much if it wasn’t in audio form. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Mental illness

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

lbelow's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

There are things I really enjoyed about this and things I did not. The negatives are almost entirely in the "style" column. Mixed third person and first person point of view only works if there's a good reason for it and in this, there was not. So the style was jarring. 

As for the things I did enjoy: the depiction of depression and how it isn't automatically cured by advanced technology, the alienness of the villainous alien, the intricacies of culture and language that even an anthropologist can't bypass. 

Overall, this novella was fascinating but a bit shallow. I understand why it's gotten so many accolades, but I don't think it hit home for me in the same way it did for many others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Mental illness

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Suicidal thoughts

deetabz's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Death, Violence, War, and Animal death

yuyuv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Grief

bluejayreads's review against another edition

4.5

The back cover on this was mediocre, and I didn't have high expectations. But it was surprisingly good. It takes the maxim "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" and rolls with it. But the communication struggles between the augmented anthropologist of a technologically-advanced people and the princess of a generally-primitive people were the most fascinating part. For being as short as it is, the world and characters are remarkably complex and the emotions are surprisingly deep and rich. The plot is fairly simple - go to this place, deal with the demon there - but it ended in a pleasantly unexpected way. I just can't get over how this book looked so unassuming on the outside and yet managed to be complex and interesting and have such solid characters and a well-developed world while still being so short. I almost wish it was longer just because I want more in this world with these characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Vomit, Classism, Colonisation, Rape, Infertility, Child abuse, War, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

eegekay's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, and Body horror