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dayniw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Trafficking
kelseyr713's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Months later, looking for a brain candy book, I picked this up from one of my many stacks. If you’re going into the book, you know what you’re in for, let’s not pretend. It’s exactly what the title suggests. The sex scenes get a little repetitive but are more well-written than most, with no cringy purple prose. The world building is intriguing. I’ll definitely be continuing with this series!
Content warnings: rape (off-page), one sex scene of dubious consent, suicide by nature (freezing), body horror (worm burrowing into neck). In the author’s note at the end, Ruby says that for the special edition, she decided to remove an on-page rape scene from the beginning of the book, as she concluded it did not belong. I appreciate this decision.
Graphic: Kidnapping and Sexual content
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking
Minor: Rape and Suicide
arys_library's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
And I finished it in one sitting.
I absolutely devoured this book. It was so steamy and fun. The beginning was a little questionable when it comes to consent which is basically the only reason why it wasn’t five stars but I loved it other than that.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Rape and Cursing
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Death, and Confinement
robinsong's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
The first third of the book compared to the rest is complete tonal whiplash. V graphic description of rape and sexual assault followed by the other 2/3 of the book being like hehe sexy alien. Wild.s_lorenz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Rape and Trafficking
Moderate: Abortion, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Confinement, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Suicide
elledanie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Minor: Rape, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Confinement
archaicrobin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
How did I get here? I don’t read anything like this usually but I have been seeing Ice Planet Barbarians literally EVERYWHERE, and everyone is raving about it. I read the synopsis; I was confused, I couldn’t believe this was the same book, this complete out there insane joke cannot be what caused all this hype! But it is. I understand people that don’t read a lot picking this up and loving it. Or people that are REALLY into romance also enjoying this one, so for me the highest I could really go was 2 stars.
I borrowed the audiobook from the library for this one, because there was absolutely no way I’d get through this book if I had to sit down and read it. I was very scared at first, I didn’t think I could do it, but Ice Planet Barbarians is so simple, and surface value that I found it was easy to put on when doing mindless tasks, or when I was too drunk to actually read but not tired, so every book has its place!
Beyond that there is nothing else to say. For this genre that is definitely not my cup of tea, I honestly didn’t hate it. It was funny, it was weird, and there’s just enough effort put into the storyline for you to follow along but not get too invested.
Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Death
lasafica_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Trafficking, Vomit, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Stalking
stablebiscuit's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Moderate: Excrement, Rape, Pregnancy, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Trafficking
skm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Slavery, Excrement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Vomit, and Blood