Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

7 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

letheaster's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

4.0

I did enjoy this book. The story was fun and as it went I got more and more invested to see how everything would pan out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Genocide

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Slavery, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual content

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

ohgull's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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

This book, omg. I loved it so much. It has everything I love about Star Wars, and there wasn’t even a single lightsaber!

I absolutely adored Thane and Ciena. Seeing them play off each other throughout the whole book was amazing. I sobbed and cheered on just about every page. 

The nuances of this book is amazing. Specifically the detail taken to include all of the details about the Empire. Throughout the movies and some other Star Wars novels, we are shown pretty black and white portraits of the Empire. The Rebels are good, Empire bad, but what I loved about this book is seeing how they were evil. How the kindest of people can commit war crimes. I loved the sneak peak into the Imperial Dogma, and seeing how they manipulated so many into their cause.

The ending of the book was incredible. I was confused most of the book because it was supposed to connect to the Force Awakens, but I never noticed anything. When I did finally notice how it connected, I was in awe! I will always see the Force Awakens differently now. That’s what I love about Star Wars, is the continuing richening of the story and movies. Every small detail can be expanded into an epic full of amazing stories.

TLDR: 5/5 Absolutely incredible, I will always have the final scene stuck in my head rent free.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Violence, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, and Slavery

pinkmalady's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, War, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Genocide

Minor: Child abuse, Medical content, and Gaslighting