Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis

3 reviews

jaimc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, Animal death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Suicide

themoodreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Classism, Death, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Alcohol, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Child death, and Classism

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

An interesting look into the science of alchemy. Nedra’s descent into darkness is impressively smooth.  Although we can easily predict the events which trigger the change, the desperation slowly grows until she reaches the crisis moment. I will say I was not expecting the twist ending!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Colonisation, Gore, Genocide, and Murder

Minor: Religious bigotry