Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett

4 reviews

nimeneth's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a somewhat reluctant 4 stars? The middle portion of the book dragged and was highly technical with the world's magic, plus there were some very gory bits that I skimmed through. That said, holy shit the ending. I figured something was going to happen with Gregor but I was not expecting specifically that. I will be grabbing the next installment because I want to know what new hijinx Sancia and Berenice get up to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Violence, War, and Blood

Moderate: Colonisation, Grief, Slavery, and Genocide

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Trafficking, Genocide, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Drug use

fi_reads_books's review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, War, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Child death, Colonisation, and Car accident

Minor: Vomit

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.5

I am not okay 😅
This book was so good. Wow. So many amazing twists I didn't see coming! I would say it leans more towards 4.5 stars because I think there were some pacing issues for me before the middle. But I seriously love these characters and this world is just so cool. 

I am both terrified and excited for the next book...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War