Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Przebudzenie Lewiatana by James S.A. Corey

36 reviews

xta_07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

An epic space opera, with a mysterious big bad.
This is my second time reading, and I think I may have enjoyed it even more than the first time!

I love that even thought this book is about war, politics, and discussion on ethics - it takes it down to the human level. The novel is told from two perspectives, one a person who always trys to do the right thing no matter what the consequences might be. And, another who does what needs to be done no matter what that might make him in the end.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes detective noir stories, morally gray hero’s, or hero’s who always do the right thing, and people who enjoy political thrillers. If you’re a sci-fi fan, you’ll enjoy it even more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Rape

aether_seawo1f's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Colonisation, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Suicide attempt, Murder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Police brutality

iono's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, War, Suicide, Murder, Death, Excrement, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Racism, and Hate crime

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

kipiekie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Genocide

Minor: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and War

jupitermond's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, and Genocide

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

ripxw's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide and Body horror

jessgj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

So the first thing you need to know about this book is that it feels like 2 books happening at the same time. The book moves between two narratives, the space opera and the futuristic noir. For the space opera, we're in the head of the idealistic (Some might say naive) Jim Holder, th leader of the surviving crew of the Canterbury. The noir follows Miller, a nihilistic cop who has seen better days who was assigned to find a missing girl, Julie Mao. 

Sometimes the book gave me whiplash from the tones from the two POVs but in a good way. The book is very much a slow burn, which isn't my style but it does give you enough room to understand both characters and their very flawed and at times, tragic thinking. And while the book does have some old-school sci-fi feels, it does a good job of setting up some toxic "romantic" tropes in the genres and then calling both characters out for them.

Also, if you're worried about finishing the book but not feeling compelled to continue with the series, don't worry. It does answer the questions contained in the book while setting up a much bigger and more dangerous world for our characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Police brutality, Body horror, Blood, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Sexual violence and Gaslighting

yoursupremereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective tense 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

4.25

You know how when you read a Crichton novel you felt like you were smart because his books had a way of just laying out the scientific rules of the worlds he created? Well James S. A. Corey has done that but based everything in Leviathan's Wake on actual science. This is an adventure on a galactic scale. Literally.

Humanity is spread over the Milky Way from Earth all the way to the asteroid belt and the consequences of that expanse (ha see what I did there?) of space when it comes to the analysis of this world's political intrigue was awesome. If something was happening in the Belt, because humans have been colonializing asteroid satellites in our galaxy's asteroid belt for generations in this world's timeline, then news about what's happening there would take lots of time to reach other pockets of civilization spread across the galaxy. Add to that a crew of of Belters and Earthers who are set up to solve a mystery regarding a newly discovered alien bioweapon that threatens to throw the galaxy into full out war and you have yourself an modern sci-fi epic that's deeply captivating and arresting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Racism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Murder, Drug use, Genocide, Violence, and War

scifireader's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Alcohol, Blood, and Genocide

nebulous40's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Gun violence, Addiction, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Violence, War, and Xenophobia