Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

4 reviews

bethfern04's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Gaslighting, War, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, Rape, Slavery, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

trolberger_helper's review against another edition

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: Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, War, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror

strange's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I was definitely much less harsh in my ratings than I was when I first read this years ago, but this series is still absolutely beautiful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation and Blood

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

2023: 4 stars. I liked this a lot better than the first, for my second read. I just enjoyed seeing the war/politics/double crossing/intrigue, so much more interesting. 

2017: 4 stars 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Body horror, Medical content, Sexual violence, War, Slavery, Death, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, and Misogyny