Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

66 reviews

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

serenedancer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

Well written sapphic fantasy book with a lot of political intrigue.

I really liked the characters and their relationships, how they played off each other. It also explored the politics of revolutions and how different people can want the same goal but won't take the same path.

There are many morally grey characters so if that's an issue, I would suggest against the book. Also, there are many moving parts so make sure to be aware of that.

Overall, I'd recommend both the written and the audiobook. Especially for pronunciations. But overall it's a very well done audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Sexism

Minor: Abandonment

shector1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Colonisation, War, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Murder, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Death, Pregnancy, Cursing, Grief, and Drug use

raneyak's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Colonisation, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Domestic abuse

third_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse

Minor: Terminal illness

mistyfoot19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

I really liked this book, and would love to read the sequels and other books like it. I did find it to be a bit slow to draw me in, even though a lot of the action was ongoing for much of the book. It felt almost wrong, given the events of the book to mark it as slow-paced, but it took me a long time to get a handle on the plot. Despite that, I really loved and enjoyed the story, and the characters, and am happy I read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Abandonment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Blood, War, Sexism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Homophobia, Grief, Classism, and Colonisation

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Blood, Colonisation, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia

doubledevour's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Child death, Genocide, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Grief, Body horror, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

bitofadisgrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

Graphic: Colonisation