Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

8 reviews

alica2's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Thought it was a good follow up to the first book! This one was a lot more plot-focused and less on the characters, which was a little bit disappointing because I grew so attached to them from the first book. But I liked that we still felt connected to them through Severn's dreams (also I think it's funny that we get John Keats AI version....TWO). I also thought it was interesting to get more of the politicking in this book, and especially to learn more about the AI side of it and infighting among those factions. plus, the AI god gave me big cosmic horror vibes which I was very much into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape

anshm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, War, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Colonisation, Blood, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Genocide

jj2020's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

machewson's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

0.5

This book was a horrendously bad follow up.  The plot of the first 400 or so pages follows the why say with 10 words what you could say with 10,000 mantra.  The book mostly feels like an excercise in smugness by the author.  Filled with quotes from classic literature and references to other great works of art more as way to seem smart than as a building of plot or character.  Every character is an intolerable asshole until they randomly aren't.  Characters are freed for having a pesky arc by just becoming better at the end.  The plot is saved from ramping up by just ending.  If you enjoyed Hyperion just leave it at that is my recommendation.  Hyperion was not free of sexism but this takes it further and adds in new ways to hate like some Islamophobia tacked onto the end just for fun.  This review I know is rambling but I cannot describe to you how bad this book is.  Please do yourself a favor and don't read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child death, Terminal illness, Violence, War, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual violence

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Kirjan sivumäärä ja monimutkainen maailma herätti pelonsekaista kunnioitusta, mutta loppujen lopuksi luin kirjan nopeasti.

Hyperionin tuho jatkaa siitä mihin sarjan ensimmäinen osa jäi, ja kirjassa seurataan pitkälti samoja hahmoja. Hahmot ovat epätäydellisiä, mutta ehkä siksi heistä on helppoa pitää. 

Hyperionin maailma on monimutkainen ja mielenkiitoinen ja tarinan edetessä asioiden väliset yhteydet selviävät joskus odottamattomallakin tavalla. Dan Simmonsin Hyperion kirjoissa parasta onkin kirjailijan luoma monimutkainen maailma, jonka kuvauksessa tasapainoillaan hienosti sopivan kerronnan rajoilla: maailmaa ei selitetä liikaa, mutta kuitenkin tarpeeksi että kirjaa on nautinnollista lukea. Lisäksi paikoitellen kerronta on lähes maalauksellista, ja novellin ihmeelliset maisemat pystyy kuvittelemaan helposti.

Kirjan juoni etenee jouhevasti ja loogisen tuntuisesti. Muutamassa kohdassa mieleen hiipi epäilys olisiko muutama asia ratkennut hieman liian helposti, deux ex machina-tyyppisesti, mutta mitenkään ilmiselvää tämä ei ole. Kaiken kaikkiaan kirjan loppu oli tyydyttävä, sillä tarina jatkuu seuraavassa osassa. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Blood, Terminal illness, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Genocide, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

yenbusen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

c_lally's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

It balances fate-of-the-universe space opera stakes with much more small scale personal stories in a really interesting way. First book in the Hyperion omnibus is a story in seven parts, as each of the pilgrims reveals their history with the Shrike, a malevolent entity that stalks the planet Hyperion. The second book is a minutes-to-midnight potboiler that sees humanity try to contain an Interstellar war while the original protagonists close in on their goal. It's intriguing to read and immensely satisfying to finish.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

babudarabu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, and Cursing

Minor: Gore and War