Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Second Rebel by Linden A. Lewis

8 reviews

booksthatburn's review against another edition

 I found myself much less interested in the the story than in the first book. I'm still uneasy with some of the character choices I mentioned in the first book's review and I couldn't tell when or if they would be resolved. Ultimately, while I'm unable to pin down exactly what I don't like about this book, trying to make myself finish it resulted in a period of several days where I barely read anything and could only handle re-reads. As soon as I officially DNF'd this I was able to read other stuff again. For me, that's enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Violence, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Trafficking, Child abuse, Sexual content, Classism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Medical content, Cursing, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Torture, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Body shaming, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Abandonment, Excrement, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Confinement

brittneymichelle's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Dysphoria

accidentallyinspace's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Fantastic continuation to the first book, expands on the universe and adds to the story without missing a beat or dropping in quality. Definitely recommend and will be picking up the next one.

This book does an excellent job of setting me up to think something is going to happen and then pivoting and going completely elsewhere in these constant little subversions. I keep going "I recognize this trope, I know where we're going" and just nope, not there. I love it. 

This book pulled off making me actively reconsider my opinion of a character I considered irredeemably annoying (Hiro). They're still kind of annoying, but I will recognize good writing and character work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, and Death

rebeccajost's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Slavery, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

grimdark_dad's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Rape, Torture, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Slavery, and War

beesknees's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I picked up The Second Rebel immediately after finishing The First Sister. The biggest change for me was an increase in rotating character perspectives, including the addition of Lito's sister Lucinina. Although it took effort to keep the wild events happening to each character in order, I was intrigued by each piece of the story, never wanting to rush through a specific chapter and onto the next character perspective. As the second book in a trilogy, I was expecting heartbreak, which was promptly delivered. 
One thing I appreciate about this series in general, is how despite the many (many) hardships our characters face, there is always at least a small sliver of hope that keeps you rooting for their success. I appreciate Lewis's determination to create diverse characters, presenting various races, cultures, sexualities, and class--even thought I feel that Lewis could do a more delicate job of showing and not telling. I am genuinely looking forward to the final installment of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and War

Moderate: Deadnaming, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Genocide, Blood, and Body horror

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Racism, War, Suicide, Grief, Death, Body horror, Colonisation, Classism, Gore, Xenophobia, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Sexual assault

jnl00700's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Genocide, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, and War