Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

26 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: 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.

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, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Vomit, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, and Trafficking

beersbooksandbooos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? N/A

4.75

I am not a huge fan of smut but I loved this book. I loved Georgie and Vektal.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Rape, Trafficking, Death, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

ashleyvharris's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

There’s one reason people are reading this book… and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Kidnapping, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Trafficking

kbairbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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

4.25

Well hot damn. I finally gave in to the hype and wooooooooooie! This book was sexy, fun, surprisingly…. Dare I say realistic? I dunno I really enjoyed it and I’m about to start book 2 right away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

grace_taylor's review

adventurous funny lighthearted sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Trafficking, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Grief