Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

124 reviews

robinsong's review

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

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.

ncarson's review

adventurous 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

stars_and_ink's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, and Trafficking

lasafica_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

golden_like_dior's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

keresian's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

This was certainly something, that's for sure. It starts off with a doozy - a rape scene - has a dubcon moment pretty early on as well, and has a very strange focus on the chamberpot the abducted girls have to use before they're deposited on the planet the "barbarians" live on, but it's also... strangely enjoyable? This is definitely erotica, the entire focus of the book seems to be on the MC banging the blue alien as often and as quickly as possible, but there are threads of worldbuilding that I am almost unfortunately drawn to.

It's a quick read, and was a good palate cleanser when I was trying to work myself up to the next book on my tbr, but it's not one for the faint-hearted! If you'd like a detailed CW list feel free to ask.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Excrement

stablebiscuit's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

skm's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

Note that there is some dubious consent towards the beginning of the book. Even though that would normally really bother me or make me DNF, in this case it was easier to look past because of the language and cultural differences between the aliens and humans.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Excrement, Murder, and Pregnancy

rensreading's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

it is 1:19am and i have just finished my first alien smut novel, give me 8 hours of sleep to collect my thoughts.

OKAY! so! im glad she took out the non-con scene for the special edition but we have to address the dub-con. i genuinely don’t believe someone who has just been caught in a literal hunting snare after being kidnapped from her own bed, being forced to witness many scenes of sexual assault, and then murdering one of the living beings that violated them would react the way geogie did when she wakes up to some unknown huge blue alien eating her out.

i get that sexual pleasure can be intense, more so for others, but to disregard all the non consensual stuff she’s been through and seen in a short amount of time just to get it on with the first person who is nice to her? something about that just gives me the ick.

also, all the violence against women specifically made me so uncomfortable. i had an idea of it after reading the synopsis of the story but it definitely didn’t give me the full picture as actually reading the story did.

as the story goes on, yes i see that vektal does actually care about georgie and their language barrier does keep them from communicating the finer points of their conversations and arguments but the way he described the mate bond between them screams of sexism and misgony. in a way, it feels like the author was trying so hard to not exhibit those ideals and ended up circling back to them anyway.

plot was there but definitely not the main focus. the writing style was a little too ya for the adult book it is so i didnt particularly enjoy that. its not bad, but it definitely needs a lot of work.

the sex scenes were a delight once you got past the dubious consent elements and simply for that, i give this 3 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

It is mentioned in the first few pages that a minor character is forced to terminate a fetus after being kidnapped.