Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

14 reviews

vale_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Torture, Murder, Child death, War, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Terminal illness

miraswrld's review

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Genocide, Blood, Slavery, Xenophobia, Grief, Gore, Confinement, and Child death

slama_llama's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

This book has stabbed me in chest too many times to count. I was on the edge the entire time; after continuously reading fantasy, I’ve become pretty good at predicting what happens- but there were only a few things that I figured out (which, btw, were cleverly hinted in the plot). 
The writing style is so smooth and the story flows so freely. This book has definitely brought forth intense reactions- I was crying and screaming and shouting angrily. So many of my annotations and notes is just me yelling at someone, or furiously commenting on something in FULL CAPS; There are so many moments when the plot enraged me (this is not a negative point towards the writing style or the author, it’s just simply how the story plays out). 
A dystopian story to the core. 
Two books in, there’s a lot that we don’t know, things that need explanations- but it’s well played out and we know all the relevant details till this point that it doesn’t feel like a sloppy attempt at creating mystery. 
I’m highly impressed, and despite the anxiety inducing plot, I’m glad I picked it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Genocide, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Slavery, and Terminal illness

ramiel's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Imperialism is one hell of a drug. "Mild" are: the emperor is a rapist and makes a lot of threats. Some of the sexual content - such as that between the two main characters - is innocent and not excessively detailed but its there.