Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

6 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Vomit, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Colonisation, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Slavery

Suicide attempt warning is for mentions of a posthumous character having asked for assisted suicide.

teaselkie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Colonisation and Xenophobia

captainoliimar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Classism, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Homophobia, Suicide, and Hate crime

Moderate: Racism, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Kidnapping, Bullying, Torture, Outing, Misogyny, Ableism, Vomit, Stalking, and Police brutality

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Violence

madbytheway's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

I. Loved. This. Book.

I could relate to the characters, there was humour, there was sadness, there were "ohmygodohmygodohmygodaretheygonnabeokay" moments and, of course, there was a really sweet romance plotline.

I loved this book with all of my heart. I was grinning from ear to ear whenever Jamie laughed at Andrew's jokes and I felt like I couldn't breathe whenever someone held a gun to their heads. I've said it once and I'll say it again: I would love if this was turned into a two-season TV show, similar to 'Sweet Tooth', where we see the journeys of the other characters Andrew and Jamie meet. 

Vague spoiler for middle of book:

And season 1 would end after they leave Chris and his siblings behind (or possibly after they enter Fort Caroline?). Although a big scene may need to be added there to make for a climactic season finale.

For anyone reading this review who maybe prefers more sci-fi books or isn't a huge fan of romance novels:
The main plot driving the story is surviving in this post-apocalyptic world. It is finding (and sometimes avoiding) survivors, food and shelter along with dealing with "quests" along the way. But the romance in this book is still a driving factor and is written (just like every other aspect of this book) so incredibly well!

Absolutely would recommend this book. Of course there were some things about it I didn't love, such as the pacing or the wording in some scenes but that all comes down to personal taste.

So totally go read this book! I believe it is the queer post-apocalyptic story the world needs :)

Big spoiler for final chapters:

Also I was genuinely so scared for Jamie at the end there. I had faith that the author wouldn't use the "kill your gays" trope, especially after reading the author's note (which for some reason I read while in the middle of the book?). But I kept looking at how few pages were left in the book and how they weren't finding any antibiotics and there would be no one to help them and I just... I was so worried Jamie was going to die. But he didn't so yay!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism, Colonisation, Racism, and Vomit

remimicha's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Blood, Child death, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Minor: Colonisation, Misogyny, and Vomit