Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

10 reviews

fuelledbymonster's review

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Suicide, Torture, Murder, Violence, Police brutality, Blood, and Genocide

unremi's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Epic dystopian 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, War, Genocide, and Stalking

natalie_j's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Death, Confinement, Blood, Violence, Grief, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Classism, Murder, War, Self harm, Police brutality, and Medical content

hangeken's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book started out slow to me but once I started full on reading it I could not put it down! On my way to buy the sequel now!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gore, Genocide, Blood, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

zoeelora's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and War

lauravreads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a dystopian novel in that the class system is based on eugenics. The Silver race is more substantial and has unique abilities/powers. A mutation amount the Red race is causing some individuals to have abilities/powers that are even stronger than Silver. The Protagonist Mare Barrow is one of those unique individuals.

This book shared a lot of elements with Red Rising by Peirce Brown however I enjoyed this book a bit more as the characters felt more relatable and the storyline was more straightforward. There were a few twists that I was a bit shocked about but after it happened I instantly remembered when it was foreshadowed. 

I am quite interested in this story and what to see how it progresses but I am not in love with it. It is a bit repetitive with the "anyone can betray anyone" saying.  I am also not a fan of the love triangle between Mare, Cal, and Maven. I felt like she barely knew either of them for it was such a crucial part of the story. I hope there is more consistency in this area in the next books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Genocide, and Violence

paperbackprincess19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

sofmar917's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Great book, fast plot and good plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Racism, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Police brutality, and Genocide

Minor: Death of parent

rawan_m's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, and Police brutality

ravensandlace's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Finally! This book broke the reading slump that Babayaga had put me in. I was hooked on this book from the first page and I’m so mad at myself for sleeping on it for so long. It was one of those super hyped up books that I couldn’t bring myself to read at first because I didn’t want to be disappointed. I just want to scream from the rooftops about how much I love this book because in this case, the hype was so real. I already have all the books in my wishlist on Amazon, ready to be bought.  

The world and world building was my favorite part. In any good dystopian novel, the world and how it’s created is a huge part of the book. If it’s not well done, then the whole book just falls apart. In this case, the world was excellent. It followed the trope of one population being poorer than the other and that population has to serve them. It’s common but it’s something I love. I love the idea of Reds and Silvers. The Silver powers were super interesting and I wouldn't mind reading a book about the genealogy of Silvers. It’s so fascinating that there could be a multitude of different powers. 

I got Hunger Games vibes from Red Queen but it was still it’s own story. Mare was a great MC and reminded me of Katniss in a way. She was a realistic teenager with mood swings and indecisiveness. I’m interested to see how she is going to grow as the series progresses. Plus I am so anxious to see how this love triangle goes. This is the first and probably the only time where I am loving a love triangle and can’t decide who I want the person to end up with. Guess I’ll have to read the rest of the series to find out. 

Overall, this book was amazing as you might be able to tell from the review. I can't recommend it enough. If you are a lover of the dystopian genre (like me) and like the Hunger Games then this is the book for you! I guarantee that you will love this book and if you don’t, you can yell at me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence