Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

5 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.0

maybe just the mood I'm in but it never quite clicked for me :( the spiders were cool though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Sexism, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Ableism

Spiders, insects. Passing use of cr*pple/d, single use of the R slur.

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Gore, Colonisation, War, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

cookiecat73's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, War, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Incest, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ?!?!?!?

This is genius. This is perfect. This is a must-read tbh. 

I'm at a loss for words what this book has put me through and what it means to me. Can't believe I almost DNFed it at the very beginning (I admit, it is a little hard to get into). But I'm so glad I didn't because it quickly began to blow my mind and truthfully kept at it until the very last word. 

This is solid hard Sci-fi but also one of the most epic, thought out and surprisingly emotional reads ever. It was worth every sciency passage that went over my head. 

I want to talk about it for hours, analyze it, I want to compare it to so many things I love and found within it. But it's probably just best to go in there not knowing what to expect. 

Fair warning: There are spiders. And I do not like spiders, so I was very conflicted. But I recommend to... just get over it and read the book nonetheless. I definitely don't regret it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and War

cregs's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Minor: Blood