Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

4 reviews

jessiesnoww's review

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Colonisation, Medical content, Classism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Genocide, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, and Sexual content

fictionfalcon's review

adventurous emotional

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, War, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Alcohol, and Torture

calmcozycorner's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.0

Not Ciena explaining away the destruction of an entire planet while simultaneously screaming about her honor at every possible turn…

Also, Nash made my skin crawl. 

3 stars for the way the Empire’s machinations and methods of indoctrination were fleshed out. It almost read like a horror novel because, well, it kind of was. Other than that, I really didn’t like the main characters at all and spent most of the story feeling frustrated, especially with Ciena. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Genocide

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

kibbles15's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

I give this book five stars! I will say that the book was bit slow to start and I wasn't sure how I felt about a book written from the point of view of Imperial Officers.  But after the first couple chapters, I absolutely loved the book!  The story was engaging and the character development was amazing.  In fact, I am kind of sad this is a stand alone book.  I would have liked to see more of the main characters in future books.  (I guess this is still a possibility as I haven't read any of Claudia's other books, but...it is unlikely).  Anyway, it was interesting to see the events of the three original Star Wars Stories (episodes IV-VI) from the point of view of people outside of the original Star Wars cast (Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo...etc.).  Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I highly recommend this to any Star Wars fans.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Genocide

Minor: Death, Slavery, Child abuse, Alcohol, Classism, and Cursing