Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Lirael by Garth Nix

5 reviews

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Lirael still feels relatable even though I'm not 16 anymore. This is a lot darker than I remembered, and I did dnf this last year? Maybe the year before... but I'm glad I pushed through this time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Body horror, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Trafficking, Genocide, and Slavery

Minor: Incest

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Death

Minor: Deportation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Genocide

kell_xavi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

naomi_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gore

Minor: Kidnapping, Slavery, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Trafficking

bencaroline's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, and Self harm