Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

54 reviews

greatu's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Blood

wiktoria88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious slow-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

Moderate: Slavery, Rape, and Death

dariusmortee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This book has exactly the vibe that I love in books. It’s the magical and fairy tail feel that I also found in The Night Circus and The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. It’s that wonder of the world. 
That wonder of there being more than we know and it’s what I’d wish I still could believe in. 

The writing is beautiful and although the plot is predictable, that didn’t annoy me with this one. When someone asks me again who would be the perfect book boyfriend my answer will be Lazlo Strange. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Death, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Rape

happylilfaerie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

I was so emotional at the ending, I was so captivated by the story and it's characters, and I want more. I'm getting my hand on the next book as fast as I can. 

The one thing that annoyed me was how some of the plot and side characters were cast aside to focus on the romance. I skimmed some of the very romantic parts like of describing them kissing and stuff because I'm just not interested in that. Still the rest of the book was so wonderfully written I couldn't give it less than 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Sexual violence, and Child death

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

Tldr; I hate the age gap between Lazlo and Sarai, because it was entirely unnecessary as the characters speak for themselves. The setting is beautiful.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/strange-the-dreamer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense slow-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

"if you're afraid of your own dreams, you're welcome here in mine."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

btg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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? No

4.0

Taylor is clearly talented -- her prose includes absolutely gorgeous descriptions, and she's written one of the best romances I've written in a while. I have given this book a 4 instead of a 5, though; while the ending was heartbreaking and well done, I felt that it went too far for what I was hoping for. Hopefully the issue will be resolved in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Murder, Slavery, Blood, and Genocide

A main character (who is young) and side character explicitly die at the end of the book, with descriptions of their blood. The backstory of the book involves a side character and several unnamed characters killing the children and several members of a race to free themselves from slavery; while the act itself is not described in detail, a viewpoint character overhears them and has a flashback. Many side characters imply bigoted views.

emkplatts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I really liked this story and I didn't feel like it was too predictable! I like the commentary on hate in society and how it can infect generations and people who aren't directly impacted by an event. I also enjoyed the point of looking past the exterior of a person in order to get to know the person they truly are. I really love Lazlo's character and I'm predicting massive character growth for Thyon in the next book. I didn't give this five stars because I felt there were some writing choices that made the reading confusing at times. There were multiple times when pronouns were used in dialogue instead of names and I had to re-read passages multiple times in order to understand and because of that, I felt like I could only give it four stars. Can't wait to read the next! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Physical abuse

angelareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content

aimeereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

it started off great, dreamers, libraries, lost worlds,,,
and then the little orphan boy got special-snowflaked with a hidden ancestry
oh, and let's not forget the instalove,,, i swear this author is allergic to any romance that isn't instalove,,,

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, and Kidnapping