Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

14 reviews

tinkerswiftie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

I reluctantly tried this because it was on audible plus and I knew it was popular on BookTok. Why not? I feel like I went down the Sci-Fi version of Alice’s rabbit hole. I’m my mad about it either 😏🤪

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment and Cursing

notamouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

4.0

🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Slavery, Kidnapping, Abortion, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Confinement, and Excrement

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

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

taylorvalerie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Ice Planet Barbarians is an enthralling and unconventional sci-fi romance that will sweep readers away to a captivating world of ice and adventure. Stranded on a harsh and desolate planet, a group of human women find themselves rescued by a tribe of hulking, blue-skinned alien warriors. Dixon masterfully crafts a tale of survival, love, and discovery as the protagonists navigate cultural differences, intense attraction, and the dangerous secrets of their new home.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, Excrement, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Rape

tiffanyg's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Animal death, Death, Infertility, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

emilycruz1016's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Violence, and Trafficking

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

Did I think I would enjoy alien erotica? Nope. But here we are! A little rough around the edges in terms of writing style but the story is entertaining and intriguing and the characters are charming as shit. There were some repetitive bits and it’s a little disappointing not knowing much about the aliens who abducted all these women, but the romance (?) and the courage of both groups of people in this story was captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Excrement, Slavery, Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

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.

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