Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

4 reviews

jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

Loved the themes, the characters, and the story. A perfect winter read!

CW: mentions of SA, sexism, anti-semitism, violence, alcohol abuse, child abuse, death of parent, death of child, mentions of infidelity, hunger, poverty, animal cruelty, horse death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Addiction, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Sexual assault

tamara_joy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Genocide

Moderate: Misogyny, Antisemitism, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Classism, Alcoholism, Child death, Animal death, and Confinement

flyintothestorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

Un mundo helado, para mí, tiene todo el sabor de un cuento de hadas bastante oscuro y me ha parecido maravilloso (aún no he leído Un cuento oscuro, pero sé que existe). 
Pensaba que las tres historias iban a estar más separadas y que se iban a juntar solo en ciertos puntos, pero se van juntando y separando, lo que hace que sea muy orgánico. 
Y pese a los cambios en los puntos de vista, la narración hace que sea bastante fácil saber a quién se está siguiendo en cada momento, aun sin especificarlo (creo que una vez dudé un poco, pero ya).
En resumen, merece mucho la pena.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Animal death and Bullying

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️=it was fine. 
This was a good story, and, overall, I liked it. It was more fairytale than fantasy. But the poor grammar and mechanics were a distraction from story. The story got bogged down in too much detail. A good editor could have made the story more readable by cutting the redundant details and correcting the grammar errors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Murder

Fantasy