Reviews tagging 'Death'

Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

21 reviews

ahkrin's review

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Gun violence, Genocide, Colonisation, Murder, Terminal illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, and Gore

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, and Gun violence

caseymac's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Violence

Moderate: War and Death

Minor: Torture and Child death

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: War, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Colonisation

Minor: Genocide and Alcohol

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.25

Plot: 3 stars
Prose: 2.5 stars
Pace: 2 stars
Concept/Execution: 3.5 stars/1 stars
Characters: 2 stars
Worldbuilding: 3 stars
Ending: .5 stars

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Gore, Racism, Violence, War, Death, Medical content, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Genocide, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Addiction

typedtruths's review against another edition

challenging funny slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief

➸ Trigger warnings for blood and gore depiction, physical injuries and illness including terminal illness, coma, grief and loss depiction, death of a friend (off-page), death of a partner mentioned, military violence and battle scenes, organised crime mentioned, gun violence, kidnapping, explosions, plane crash, animal attack, and animal death.

avocadotoastbee's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

I don't read that many science fiction books set in space, but I wanted to read Persephone Station by Stina Leicht because it was advertised as a "queer space opera."
(And as a queer person, I will definitely consume any queer media that is advertised to me.)
The main characters are all women and/or queer. While I liked this and expected it, it felt forced at times. Why can't gender queer people exist as naturally as cis people?!
That being said, I did like the plot.
Criminals against a large corporation to save a planet inhabited by indigenous people and other subplots.

Despite the amazing concept, the execution was lacking. The world building, in particular, needs some work. And as other reviewers have noted: Stina Leicht needs to use synonyms for the word "said".
I expected more and was disappointed after reading Persephone Station.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Death, and Gun violence

inkspitblog's review against another edition

I didn’t care about anyone and it really didn’t hook me 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Drug use, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, and Murder

blackcatkai's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

CW: violence, death, alcohol and drug use, chronic illness, death of a parent, genocide & colonisation

I had a ton of fun with this one, and having a nonbinary character as well as tons of other queer & women characters being the main group was also just nice to experience. we love a  more diverse cast! they all had great personalities and banter like an actual crew/found family.

Rosie & Kurosawa were my fave. just gonna drop one of my fave parts of the book, here:


"you know my sexual inclinations," Rosie said. "so, unless you've grown a cock since the last time I saw you, I'd recommend not trying to fuck me. it'll get you nowhere." -pg 89

my only real complaint is that the end was a bit anticlimactic, like I just wish there was a little more. it was still a good ending, though! overall, I loved this and I'm glad I read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Genocide, Alcohol, Drug use, Chronic illness, Colonisation, and Death of parent

mayr3adsab00k's review against another edition

The plot, characters, and setting were both confusing and boring. That was the most boring hit job I've ever seen/read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, and Drug use