Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

7 reviews

violerwolf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

I wish this book was a better ending to a series I love. Unfortunately, I felt the dialogue was odd and stripped away a good deal of the interesting characterization of Breq, Sieverdan, Tsirawet, and Mercy of Kalr. Leckie isn’t as deft at handling characters confronting their emotions rather than avoiding them, and it especially shows when they openly discuss their relationships. Not to mention, the focus on neatly wrapping up a lot of big picture plotlines leaves this story without a lot of time to develop the complexity and nuances I love in the first two books. The new characters these plotlines introduce take a lot of pages away from the relationships, characters, and themes that the first two books spend so much time establishing. I’d have much preferred some open-ended lingering questions about the Ghost Gate and the Presger, but the book seems more concerned with tying up loose ends than telling an impactful story. I’m still excited to read Leckie’s other books, and hope they can capture the magic of Ancillary Justice and Ancillary Sword.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, War, Medical content, Body horror, Addiction, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Death

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I loveeeee how this wrapped up!! Ann Leckie's writing definitely does it for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Genocide, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Addiction, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Trafficking, and Sexual content

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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: Colonisation, War, Death, Gun violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction and Blood

mar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

[holds gently]

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, and Sexual content

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

troisha's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Police brutality, Sexual content, Vomit, Colonisation, Genocide, and Trafficking

cynt's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.25

How do you satisfyingly end a series with such a difficult question at the heart of it? You don't, really. The characters, however, are a delight and a welcome distraction of the messiness of the plot. I did like the conceit behind the omniscient narrator, though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit and Blood