Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Adalet by Ann Leckie

13 reviews

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Xenophobia, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Medical content, Slavery, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

jackie_marion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Drug abuse, Blood, Xenophobia, Violence, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Kept me pleasantly confused for a long time and then absolutely delivered with its explanations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Moderate: Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Drug abuse, Death, Addiction, Genocide, War, and Body horror

lbelow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

5.0

An excellent book. I understand why it's gotten so many accolades! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Addiction, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Classism, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

violerwolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

I absolutely adored this story. Truly gripping in how it navigates the politics of the military industrial complex through both the characters within and the literal instrument of that complex: the ancillaries. One Esk is a fascinating character to follow and I love how we split between these two storylines, One Esk’s current mission with Seiverdan and One Esk’s past on Ors. The way the memory weaves together with the present day, highlighting the themes and dynamics in both, really made the story feel in conversation with itself. I do think the ending is a bit anticlimactic, but I often find that books I really love have disappointing endings. Definitely give this a read still though! I’m super excited to start the sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Confinement, Genocide, War, Colonisation, Murder, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Alcohol, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

This whole book is about imperialism and colonialism and all of the horror that comes with that. The writing isn’t super vivid for a lot of these, but the book doesn’t shy away from discussing these topics. I’d like to say another TW for loss of control/bodily autonomy.

fmcphaden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-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

The first book in one of the most sophisticated sci-fi trilogies I’ve ever encountered. Crosses several sub genres. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, War, Blood, Classism, Medical content, Murder, Addiction, Xenophobia, Death, Deportation, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Bullying, Police brutality, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

ekcd_'s review against another edition

In terms of world building and general plot style, this book is very similar to Gideon the Ninth - author just throws you into the middle of the world and trusts youll find your way. Its confusing but rewarding once you figure it out... theoretically. Personally I dont like books like this. But I loved GTN because it had good characters and an intriguing premise. Ancillary Justice on the other hand has the most boring, uncompelling, one dimensional characters, an incredibly slow introduction, etc. I spoiled it for myself and was even more unsatisfied so fuck it, this is going to be a DNF. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Deadnaming, Confinement, Blood, Drug abuse, Medical content, Murder, Gore, Drug use, Genocide, Xenophobia, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, War, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, War, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Genocide, Death, and Child death

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Classism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Genocide, Death, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Body horror, Sexual content, Ableism, Alcohol, Medical content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Gore

tascaraudo's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

I enjoyed this very much! Was startled by the

sudden shift in Seivarden's behavior, idk that I believed her allegiance to switch so quickly

but enjoyed the characters and the unique perspective of the MC. 
BIG warning for execution/mass murder. The MC is also essentially a slave to the Radch empire. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, War, Xenophobia, Addiction, and Mental illness

Minor: Body horror, Blood, and Vomit