Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs

15 reviews

eldane's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is exactly the space opera I was needing. This was a beautiful, powerful, and emotional book with some of the best-written characters I have ever seen. It takes immense skill to write bloodthirsty, cruel, murderers as your protagonists, but Bethany Jacobs does it well. The worldbuilding is incredible and detailed, and the plot is tightly woven and well-paced. I also loved the voice and writing style, and the descriptions were out of the world (ha). And the twist at the end? WOW. I was not expecting it at all. This has established itself as one of my favorite books of all time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Colonisation, and Pedophilia

heretickal's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, and Rape

Minor: Pedophilia

avacadosocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

Minor: Genocide, Vomit, and Rape

egcdf's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Blood, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

batesbarb's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Genocide, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

kesreads13's review

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Genocide

Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, and Pedophilia

kryptidnerd's review

adventurous hopeful 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

These Burning Stars is just what I wanted to read as a Star Wars fan and why I loved the Mandolorian. Bounty hunters, space chases, politics, and misdirection. The world building and lore was strong and left a vivid image of the world you are reading it was like. Even the politics were intricately established and played a background role until it needed to become the segway to the main plot leading to the set up for the second book. The fact that the youth of this world get to choose their gender and name upon finishing school and that it’s 
changable is a brilliant concept. 

The characters were diverse and complex from their motives, class and descriptions which is a huge breath of fresh air coming over from the Star Wars fandom. It is heartwarming and brutal when it needs to be.Amazing kudos for they twist and how it was set up and blew apart what you knew about the empire sided characters Six and Chono up to that point. I will not stop recommending this book to others and am hungry for the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

rheagoveas's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, War, and Genocide

wreathedinviolets's review

adventurous dark medium-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? Yes

5.0

Holy fuck. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Antisemitism, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Pedophilia

tamaralh7's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

This is going to be my #1 book this year, isn’t it (and I know what’s lurking in my pre-orders)? Just a phenomenal read from start to finish. It’s not often that I don’t see how the things will play out in advance and this book got me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, and Rape