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lexilikestoread's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
In this first tale we meet Georgie, a 22-year-old who went to sleep in her own bed and wakes up in a spaceship surrounded by other 22-year-old females, in good health, who are not pregnant and have no family close by. She learns that one woman in the group was given a hearing device to understand what their captors are saying. After some traumatizing experiences and revelations, they are left to fend for themselves on a strange planet, one they initially hope is Earth but very quickly find out it is not. Georgie, being unwittingly named the leader, strikes out in search of supplies, or help. She encounters a barbarian of the icy planet they have landed on, and after a unique greeting and some awkward attempts at interspecies communication she convinces him to take her to the other women. Their tale is spicy, entertaining, and (surprisingly to me) kept me wanting to know "what's going to happen next"?
I am totally invested in what happens to these women and I'm looking forward to the next book in the tale.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
cxsmiccxtie's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Confinement, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pregnancy
tinkerswiftie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Slavery
Minor: Abandonment and Cursing
sunshinesusan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Kidnapping and Rape
Moderate: Death
Minor: Animal death
notamouse's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Slavery, Kidnapping, Abortion, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Confinement, and Excrement
klsreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Excrement, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Vomit
smuttymcbookface's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Ruby Dixon does an amazing job of writing believable and relatable heroines thrown into difficult situations. Georgie is someone strong, almost in a subtle way, who strives to make things better instead of complaining about her lot in life. She's funny, persuasive, and stands up for the little guy. Although she doesn't naturally assume a role of leadership, she does what she has to so that she can keep the people around her safe.
Needless to say, the plot and world-building of IPB draws you in and keeps you hooked. Although Vektal is not my favourite at the start, and the writing indicates that it's through a misunderstanding of cultures, I definitely warm to him by the end.
However, I will add that a lot of these could do with a second round of editing as there are typos, changes from first to third POV mid sentence, and the kindle display between page breaks is literally a blank page.
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Excrement, Torture, and Sexual assault
Minor: Pregnancy
oliviawright1014's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Kidnapping, Excrement, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, and Confinement
brittanyclary's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Excrement, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death, and Pregnancy
alien smutalex_baker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The sex scenes were...not my cup of tea. They were very...you know when you are making fun of bad heterosexual erotica and how to guy has a 20ft dick and the woman orgasms in 2 seconds? That's what it seemed to be.
Also, I'm assuming this is a fault of the platform I listened to the audiobook (spotify) and not the actual book, but content warnings were not read. Which meant that in the first chunk of the book, I was suddenly thrust into a r*pe scene of a background character by, for lack of a better term, prison guard. I was not prepared AT ALL for that and although it didn't go into much detail--it was still a jarring scene to listen to when doing my dishes!
Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Kidnapping, Excrement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Rape