Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

4 reviews

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

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

outtoexist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

This book tried to do too many things for me to keep up with, and is a great example of meaningless representation. Now, I'm a big believer that we need more meaningless representation - that it shouldn't have to MEAN anything that a character is Black or nonbinary, especially in a made up sci Fi or fantasy world. However, this example of it just... Wasn't terribly well written! It is a story that is meant to be deeply queer and has tons of random racial diversity that was written by a straight cis white woman, and you can tell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Torture, and Vomit