Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

64 reviews

plesiosaurys's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

personally, i found the romance to be mediocre, but the way this book handles culture, religion, and colonialization is fantastic. some of the best ive ever seen. the only thing i found disappointing was [mild spoilers]

the religion revolves around nature and the forest, but actual descriptions of nature and the forest are vague and nondescript. we have no idea what the wildlife here is like, and the main character who practices this religion doesn't seem interested in learning.

it's the one area where the world feels flat. hopefully this will be addressed in the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Misogyny, Death, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War, Child death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Addiction, Drug use, and Violence

quail's review

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, and Child death

kaziaroo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Colonisation, Genocide, Religious bigotry, War, Death, Body horror, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gore, Homophobia, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

jessiereads98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

Excellent high fantasy and excellent feminist storytelling. This is how you create a feminist story without monologues that seem out character or long bits of exposition that are discordant with the tone and atmosphere of the story. I loved the world, politics, and magic of this book. The characters are complex and I do find it difficult at times to fully understand some of them. I may not be picking up inferences I’m meant to. I do find the romance between the two main characters to be a bit underdeveloped. I found it difficult to follow the development of chemistry between the characters and progression of the relationship. It seemed as if we were told they were here in the relationship and had these feelings for each other without really seeing that develop. It wasn’t out of the realm of believability though and did not really take away from the overall story for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Confinement, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Grief, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, War, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Physical abuse

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Xenophobia, Confinement, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, War, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Medical content, and Blood

little_rainbow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Colonisation, Violence, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Xenophobia

grubrednuf's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Pregnancy, and Torture

So glad to have found this series. Original use of found family and higher purpose

dreklogar's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This was a fine book, if honestly a bit too slow for my taste. It has a lot of interesting things to say about colonialism and the way it affects culture, as well as sexism and internalized homophobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Death, Colonisation, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

vivavia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, War, Blood, Classism, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexism, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Drug use, and Hate crime

Minor: Pregnancy

rat_girly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Beginning was very slow but it built into a beautifully described world full of complex characters, mystery, and action. Themes of revolution, colonisation, feminism, queer romance, enemies to lovers set in a south Asian inspired fantasy world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Hate crime, Colonisation, Blood, Child death, War, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Violence, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Classism