Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

The Second Rebel by Linden A. Lewis

10 reviews

brukneem's review

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? It's complicated

4.5

The layers of character development, world building an expertly hidden plot twists blew me away. I'm pissing shitting crying throwing up and screaming into the void. This series is absolutely amazing 😭🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Colonisation, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual violence, War, Dysphoria, Trafficking, Torture, and Slavery

thysparklyreads's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense

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

4.75

Glad I chose to read this as soon as I finished the first book since I was afraid I'd forget all of the world building done in it. 
This is where the story paved by The First Sister allows its characters to truly shine, and it was fascinating. It was honestly a fantastic read, definitely give it a chance if you were at all hooked by The First Sister. Now onto the third one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Medical trauma, War, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Ableism, Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Dysphoria and Transphobia

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

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

bluecanarykit's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Oh, that made me cry so hard.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Dysphoria

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