Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

27 reviews

alexmoriarty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, Racism, Slavery, Abortion, Blood, Chronic illness, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Rape, Homophobia, Suicide, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Violence

This book is brilliant and beautiful and difficult to read but healing. Takes the science fiction idea of a generation ship and generational trauma and melds them together.

burnt_milk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Horrifying and incredibly written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Suicide, Self harm, Child death, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Death, and Colonisation

anaguana's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Abandonment, Death of parent, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, and Colonisation

Minor: Body shaming

megalai_jadis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body shaming, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

evilwizard's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This story is very, very dark, but also incredibly well-written and compelling. It provides a fresh take on both the dystopian genre and the sci-fi genre as a whole, mixing in historical elements (and symbolically representing, in my opinion, the frightening way that the past can become the future in regards to oppression). The characters narrating the story are all very complex and have interesting stories to tell. I can't really say I "enjoyed" it, but it was an excellent book and I absolutely would recommend it to anyone who can stomach the content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Homophobia

tina94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Hate crime, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Rape, Vomit, and Violence

peannlewis's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Difficult but engaging read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Abortion, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Moderate: Dysphoria, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia