Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

L'Incivilité des fantômes by Rivers Solomon

59 reviews

booknerd85's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

cleo_wylde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

Moderate: Slavery

hanarama's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

On the generation ship Matilda, Aster is a healer and one of the slave-caste that makes up the lowest rungs of the ship's society. When the death of the ship's sovereign reveals strange links to Aster's long dead mother, she seeks to unravel the mystery left in her mother's journals while struggling against the oppression against her and her people. 

I really loved the coding of Aster as neurodivergent. Solomon characterizes her as unwavering and immensely intelligent while also traits that read as neurodivergent. She stims as she navigates the ship, she fixated, and she has difficulty with metaphors. Solomon has real skill in creating characters that feel like complete people. 

This is a really intense book. As would be expected of a sci-fi slave story, there aren't a lot of "happy" moments. Moments of respite maybe, but not really any truly happy moments and the book can feel pretty bleak at times. The plot is not as tightly written as it perhaps could have been at the end, but Solomon still makes powerful statements on systemic racism and acts of resistance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Abortion, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Body horror, Blood, and Ableism

xoodlebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Infertility

deepfriedaries's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Violence

erenreads12's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

I had some doubt about this book at some points, and almost didn't end up finishing, but ultimately I am glad I did. Although clunky in places after about a third of the way in the author truly gained mastery over the pace and characters. The writing developed into a beautiful use of language to pull together a sci-fi-based commentary of a world not dissimilar from our own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Torture, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

espeon's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

i thought the book was overall good, but the way dialogue is written is like...i know for aster it's supposed to be awkward, because she's awkward at talking, but for people like flick it took me right out. it felt like everyone basically had the same voice in their speech, which meant everyone talked awkwardly just like aster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence

achablani's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Slavery

kelseyland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

An extremely heavy book about a generational spacecraft on which the white ruling class uses religion and brute force to enslave the Black servant class. I loved the abundance of queer and neurodiverse characters and the relationships between them, as well as the overall arc of the story. Please heed the content warnings as this is not a book to pick up lightly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Ableism

drchronicallyreading's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book reminded me a lot of a movie I love! I wish there had been more detail on certain aspects of the book and felt some aspects could have had a tiny bit less. Very well written and enjoyed!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Slavery, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Racism