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busybea's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Vomit
Moderate: Death of parent and Pedophilia
rachelmcg2004's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Incest, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Rape, Xenophobia, Racism, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Classism
Moderate: Torture, Vomit, and Gun violence
Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, and Child death
reggiethebird's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence
Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Torture, and Gun violence
Minor: Cursing, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Confinement, Abandonment, and Vomit
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
Minor: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny
adelaidemetzger_robotprophet's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, and Abortion
Minor: Cursing
gabtiffin's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder
lottiegasp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Rape
asweetdevouring's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
However, around the half way point the book takes an incredibly dark turn. While the author did a good job writing about such a disgusting act - clear without being unnecessarily graphic - it still casts a shadow over the entire book. Further, while I understand why the author chose the things that happened for Tan Tan so she could become the Robber Queen, I felt that there were other ways this could have been accomplished.
After THE ACT I felt as if the entire story simply became about violence and all of the interesting world building and unique creatures no longer really mattered as they became simply back drop decorations for a story that could just as easily have happened in our own world today.
The inserted parable chapters were really interesting and helped to break up the monotony that overtook the later half of the book, but overall it was just kind of depressing. All of the unique parts of the book became swallowed up by a story that, while shocking in its content, is also just generic in its violence.
Normally, I'm not usually one for giving trigger warnings but here I make an exception since the content really came out of nowhere in the story and then all of the story becomes about it. There is no "getting through" the one bad part.
Please click on the spoiler if you want to know the details of the content warning, which are MAJOR spoilers for the book. If you don't, just be aware that the book is very dark and is in absolutly no way suitable for any reader under the age of 16.
There are other pretty violent things that happen, but these are the big ones.
Midnight Robber is well written and parts of it are fascinating, but overall I found none of the great parts to be worth having to endure the violence the story delineates into and I did not find the ending to be as "hopeful" as I think the author intended it to be.
All of that being said, I will try another of Hopkinson's books, but this is not one I'd recommend or read again.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Incest
octopus_farmer's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Incest, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse