Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by

6 reviews

jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition

reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

This really made me want to read Liu’s epic fantasy series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Dementia, Sexual violence, Death, Gun violence, War, and Bullying

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

librarianmage's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, Violence, and Blood

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Grief, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Violence, Deportation, Colonisation, War, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Classism, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Dementia, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, Hate crime, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism and Bullying

accidentallyinspace's review against another edition

DNF after two stories. They are well written and interesting, but the subject matter is slightly too dark for what I need in my life right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Misogyny, Xenophobia, War, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death

paperpaladin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

The Hidden Girls and Other Stories is a great short story collection by Ken Liu. There is so much to say about these stories but I will try to keep it short. The stories in this collection fall into two groups: those that deal with the singularity and those that don't. About a third of the stories focus on the idea of humans being uploaded into the digital world and the changes that stem from that. These are good, poignant, and make you think. Some of the lines and ideas are etched in my head and will be with me for a long long time. The other stories are unconnected to everything else. They talk a lot about technology but there is a surprising amount of breathe in the topics that he touches on such as bullying, art, free speech, poverty, and more. There are a few stories that I didn't enjoy as much but I don't think any of the stories were bad or not worth the read.

I think my favorite story from the lot was "The cutting" which is better if you read it. I listened to the audiobook but did seek out a print copy at my library to reread this one and the page layout adds a level of depth to the story.
 
My rating system
1 - Did not enjoy
2 - Not irredeemable but has too many flaws to say I enjoyed
3 - Enjoyed it
4 - Great book but didn't love it
5 - Amazing book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Bullying