Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

15 reviews

lestie4short's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

The only way I can think to describe this book is if Alien and Firefly meshed together. It's more serious than Firefly, but not as Horror-driven as Alien.  The world that Paoloni has built is fascinating and in-depth.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Religious bigotry, Medical content, Medical trauma, Genocide, Violence, War, Slavery, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Forced institutionalization

panickedhonking's review against another edition

Triggering content 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Medical content, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Torture, and Body horror

sometimes_samantha_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book was a beast. It took a long time to finish but it was worth it! The fight scenes were wel-written, judt a bit overdone bu tue end I think. Otherwise, this is the best sci-fi I've read in years and I'm happy to know that a second book is in the works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Torture, War, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

darkefyres's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, War, and Sexual content

Minor: Medical content

bookishchef's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Cursing, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Infertility

pineapplesurvivor's review

adventurous sad slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Grief, Medical content, War, Gore, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

erynpaige's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, and War

gladiolus17's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This was a ride from start to finish and I enjoyed every bit of it. Paolini really put his heart into this book.

I liked many things about this, so in no particular order:

(Sorry for any spelling mistakes, I listened on audiobook)

-Paolini may have used his creative license with the science, but I sure couldn’t have told where he used it. Kira sounded like a xenobiologist and a regular user of spaceships, and everything sciencey that happened was written with confidence and clarity.

-Sometimes you can tell when a woman was written by a man. In this case, I could not tell. I think Paolini wrote Kira with realism and sensitivity.

-BOB THE NUMENIST

-Related to the above, I was delighted with every humorous part of the book. Sometimes the story can get serious, but the humor catches you off guard in a good way.

-Fuckin loved Gregoravich the ship mind. Everything he said was so off-beat and delightful.

-I discovered I love aliens as a trope? I felt so sympathetic to the jellies, especially Itari.

With every book, there were some things that didn’t work for me, but it didn’t affect my enjoyment of the overall book. Here’s the things I thought could better suit my taste:

-The writing is great on a macro level, but it could be more specific and more trimmed on a sentence/paragraph level. This is in the instances of describing emotions and feelings mostly.

-I had mixed feelings on Alan. I could have used some specific instances of Kira and his relationship to make me sympathize with him more. He was described as wonderful, but I didn’t see much action or scenes that revealed this.

Overall, I enjoyed this book, and the audiobook was fantastic. The book has both character and plot, but I would say that this is more plot and world-building heavy. If you like sci-fi books heavy on detail and science, this is the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Medical trauma and Medical content

categalafassi's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Torture, War, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Genocide, Death, Colonisation, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Body shaming

ehmannky's review

adventurous dark slow-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

3.75

This book is kind of hard for me to rate. Because on the one hand, the plot is very good, I was interested for all of the 800+ pages that this book goes on (though I did have to do a hard pass on the ending addendum stuff), and I was invested in these characters. On the other hand, the plot kind of meanders (it is 800+ pages long and I personally feel like at least 100 pages could have been cut overall) and the dialogue is clunky. It's a fun space opera and it gets really good once Kira starts really merging with her alien biomass, but I wouldn't rank it as one of the best books of all time. Read for a good time not a smart time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Confinement, Torture, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit and Police brutality