Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany

5 reviews

thessie_rby's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Sexual content

booksthatburn's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

A lot of cool stuff with regards to thinking about language and polyamory, neat bit of sci-fi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Fatphobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Murder, Mental illness, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Animal death, Vomit, Death of parent, Ableism, Racial slurs, Torture, and Child death

Older book which uses some outdated/racist terminology (frequent use of "

Oriental

").

sequelmage's review

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

3.75

This was a decent read. First it doesn’t really feel dated even though it was written in 1966. It is also surprisingly diverse for a sci-fi novel written around that time. 

The book had a strong beginning and really interesting take on space travel.  Basically, you need dead people to help you pilot the space craft. 

But it kind of lost me a little over half way and it kind of ended with a fizzle. I still enjoyed it, but kind of wished it had finished as strongly as it started. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Medical content, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Gun violence, Suicide, Fatphobia, Ableism, Death, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy and Animal death

Body horror refers mostly to cosmetic surgery taken on by many characters to grant them various physical attributes. Passing use of "oriental" and other dated derogatory terms/beliefs. Mild discrimination against polyamory early on. Nonsexual nudity.

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Death

Minor: Suicide and Fatphobia