Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

119 reviews

rebeccajost's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

lanidon's review

2.0

Is this book good?
No.
Am I going to read the next one?
Absolutely yes


I think a large factor that brought this book down is the lack of warning about the graphic sexual assault content. All the women in this book were sex trafficked by aliens (not the blue ice ones) and multiple are assaulted. That is not something I expect or anticipate from a romance. Even though they are "saved" by the end of the book, it's very heavy content that should have been made clear before starting

I will read the next one in hopes that it is a lighter experience. I understand likely all of them will include pregnancy as a significant focus so honestly this series probably will not be for me. I do very much like the world building and the character design of the blue aliens. I enjoy the resiliency of the women. I just think it's lacking in romance development as well as tone. Both of those are key in a book like this and without them it is not a compelling story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking

All the women were kidnapped by aliens to be sex trafficked to another planet, notably NOT the planet nor the aliens in the romance portion of these books. The captors rape multiple women in the first section of the book

samantha_blue's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Rape

natverse's review

dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Well, I read it. I don't know what to do with this information I have now about this book/series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Confinement, Excrement, Sexual assault, and Slavery

arla's review

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal death and Confinement

cinnaron's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Trafficking

Moderate: Rape, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexism

mirrorballmusings's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pregnancy and Confinement

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

a_libra_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, and Vomit

frantic_vampire's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.5

So. I blame all the romance bookstagramers for this one. In a good way! I really enjoyed this book and I can’t wait to dig into the series more.

This was so much fun! I wasn’t really expecting to love this as much as I did. The world building and the character building was so fun. I loved that the girls decided to call the planet Not-Hoth and all the other little nods to Star Wars. I can say with full honesty that I wasn’t planning to fall in love with these big blue aliens. But they were so sweet and kind to these humans that crash landed on their planet. It was just lovely!

I really enjoyed Ice Planet Barbarians and I don’t know what to do with myself right now, because I want to jump into the next book, but I have so many others that I need to get to before that one! I guess I’m gonna have to do some rearranging of the TBR 😅. Anyway! This one is getting a solid four and a half stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

sam019's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

Booktok bought me here and I'm honestly so torn because it was so bad but I was so into it. My brain can't process it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Excrement, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape