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Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

60 reviews

m_lee's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Abortion, Vomit, Confinement, Animal death, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Death, Child death, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Gore, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Blood, Grief, Torture, Slavery, Sexual assault, Murder, Infertility, and Animal death

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Colonisation, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Bullying, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture

bohboh's review

slow-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? Yes

1.0

I found out pretty quickly that I may not be the target audience for this novel, but wow is this really bad science fiction. The heroines are altogether helpless in pretty much everything, the writing leaves you cringing every few pages, and it's absolutely awash with overdone romance and fiction tropes. 

Dixon was able to at least make an interesting alien planet that feels filled with awesome alien flora and fauna, but her writing fails to capitalize on that and suffers from some pretty glaring ethical murkiness in the romantic themes she chose. Half of the story is told from the male alien's perspective: He is the definition of no-thoughts-head-empty, immediately "love-at-first-sight" for the female lead, and ultimately not interesting. I highly recommend reading anything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, and Violence

e11e_reads's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Confinement

Minor: Rape, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Trafficking, and Excrement

bramblelegs's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• 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

Not as bad as I was expecting. I mostly read this as a random palate cleanser from reading a really intense series, and I needed something I wouldn't have to get too invested in. This was a good 3 star read, just average at best but not mindblowingly the best thing I've ever read. I enjoyed it for what it was.

In the beginning with the abduction of the girls and then the rape of one of them, I very nearly stopped reading because I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with that type of story. Thankfully it didn't continue, and by the time everyone crash landed on the ice planet, it turned more into a survival story with a bit of smut included. I think I mostly stayed bc the aliens in this story weren't horrible.

There were some points of convenience, but it got the story through what it was meant to be. So yknow, good enough. I knew what I was signing up for.

Solid 3/5, just average and a good thoughtless time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Trafficking, Vomit, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Slavery, Confinement, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

odetolocksmith's review

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Confinement

itsnotri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

Beginning was a bit uncomfy and dark. Is there a trigger warning on this book? I hope there is. The rest of the story was straight alien smut. It was good alien smut. There’s a plot if you squint too? I recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Trafficking, and Rape

anniefizzell's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

This was a fun, weird, easy read. I got through it in one day. Not sure I’ll ever read it again, haha, but it kept me entertained while I’m laid up with an injury. The romance was quite a bit heavier on the sexy side than the romantic side, which isn’t necessarily my preference, so take that as you will. Be forewarned that there are some elements of non-consensual intimacy in this book, and even a (non-descriptive) r*pe (not between any main characters). The main character’s first interaction with her love interest is him giving her or*l as she wakes up from being unconscious. However, it is framed as a very sexy interaction, and the heroine enjoys it. Again, take that as you will. The story is so ridiculous in every way, that I decided not to take it too seriously, and I had a generally good time with it. Overall, based on my usual rating criteria, I gave this book 2.75 ⭐️. However, because I enjoyed the book, I bumped it up to 3 ⭐️, because I never give books I enjoy under 3⭐️. 
Tldr: Liked it, didn’t love it. It’s fun and silly—but check TWs!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Excrement, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Abortion

kaitielou's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

• 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Rape, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Excrement, Death, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Medical content, and Sexual assault

cassie12_21's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Very disappointed. I was promised spice, this is nothing. Also theres like no plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, and Death

Minor: Murder and Pregnancy

DubCon (wake up to oral)