Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

49 reviews

lifeonasofa's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 3.5 stars

Why did I enjoy this book? 😅

✨ Spoilers ✨
I mean there were things I didn’t enjoy. I’d recommend skipping THAT scene right at the start (it destroys the tone of the book - checks TWs). There’s insta love, a pregnancy trope and it’s all around a bit weird. 🤔

But, I couldn’t help but speed read this in a day. It was quite refreshing after some pretty heavy chunky reads. I’ve never read anything like it. Turns out alien smut isn’t a total no - who knew? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also shout out to the illustrator of these covers - absolutely stunning 🏔️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Excrement, Animal death, Body shaming, and Pregnancy

thewellreadlabrador's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

lcronin0815's review

emotional funny medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

This book made me realize that I am living my best cliche middle aged white lady life with my glass of wine and spicy book and I couldn’t be happier. I loved it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death and Animal death

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

UM…. no thoughts, head empty 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Torture, Body horror, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Trafficking

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

makenna_reads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, and Kidnapping

mswarning's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

I had zero expectations about this book. It was short and easily accessible through Libby, so I said, "Hey, what the hell? Let's see what I think." And of course, it's February. Love is in the air.

Not my first sci-fi romance with alien sex in it. This one feels relatively normal in terms of anatomical differences unlike, say, Anne Aguirre's Strange Love - which I also really liked. Audiobook was interesting, I definitely laughed in the car at the sudden-ness of the first sex scene. It was funny and cheesy.. and totally self-aware of the ridiculousness. I enjoyed that the alien abduction of women and then mating tropes were mixed up a bit. It wasn't just an alpha male, 'I'm claiming you and you don't have a choice' type story. There's enough of those out there if that's your thing, no judgement here.

Really important to check out the content warnings for this. I have mixed feelings about what happened on the ship. Was it necessary? Idk. How do I feel about what happened to that character?

Not great. It feels pretty convenient to have Dominique killed off.. because she likely would have had a more complicated reaction to being rescued why a bunch of blue alien dudes who just wanna resonate with her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Confinement, and Rape

Moderate: Kidnapping and Animal death

Minor: Excrement

fartbart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Animal death

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Excrement, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Violence, Confinement, Animal death, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape