Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

31 reviews

klsreads's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Excrement, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit

alex_baker's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Overall the book was meh. I enjoyed the more survival focused bits of the book and the communication barrier between the humans and the aliens.

The sex scenes were...not my cup of tea. They were very...you know when you are making fun of bad heterosexual erotica and how to guy has a 20ft dick and the woman orgasms in 2 seconds? That's what it seemed to be.

Also, I'm assuming this is a fault of the platform I listened to the audiobook (spotify) and not the actual book, but content warnings were not read. Which meant that in the first chunk of the book, I was suddenly thrust into a r*pe scene of a background character by, for lack of a better term, prison guard. I was not prepared AT ALL for that and although it didn't go into much detail--it was still a jarring scene to listen to when doing my dishes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Kidnapping, Excrement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Rape

swolerabbit's review

dark funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

5.0

read this because i wanted to know what the absolute fuck was going on. i’d seen the memes, and curiosity got me.
but holy shit. i had such a fun time.

anyone reviewing this like it’s meant to be incredibly serious mind-blowing sci-fi literature is missing the point.
this is just a silly goofy time.

bonus points for endless star wars references. it’s what george would want.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Rape, Infertility, Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexism, Kidnapping, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Suicide, Murder, and Animal death

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

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

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

2.5

Hmmmm. I was hoping to like this but I didn't have the best time. Setting the stakes so high in the beginning makes the unfortunately genre typical lapses in consent way less bearable. I did like the comedic elements and the spice but overall there were too many tropes that were very much not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Confinement, and Death

lozzo_bozo's review

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, and Rape

anodetolocksmiths'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

craig_craig_craig's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

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