Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Ich bin Gideon by Tamsyn Muir

8 reviews

msreni's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A great mystery, complex and meaty world building and touching character development. A fun dark read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, and Death

Minor: War, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

kalmia31's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Body horror

Moderate: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Child death, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cannibalism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Self harm, Cancer, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

islanderscaper's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicide, Death, Murder, Gore, Body horror, and Blood

katbsc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Positives: The plot is incredible and fun, the twists are great, the characters are sassy and layered. Humor cuts tension.
Negatives:The exposition of this book is so dense and yet not dense enough. It's a complicated, unfamiliar world being built, and building it in your mind is quite the task. The language of the book has an air of trying a little too hard to sound profound, which can be off-putting. There is a HUGE cast of characters in this book, and each character is referred to in a rotation of 4 different ways: their first name, their last name, their house/role, and their physical description. This can be VERY confusing to try to keep straight (at least to me in my ADHD brain)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, Child death, Death, and Ableism

Moderate: War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Xenophobia, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Blood, and Terminal illness

trickphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Self harm, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War, Grief, and Cancer

tarynlannister's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, War, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

jmcordero's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment, Torture, Terminal illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Vomit, Self harm, and Grief

greymalkin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Took me a while to get into the rhythms of this book.  I liked it overall but the start was a bit rough.  The mix of high gothic atmosphere with modern language and slang was confusing.   I didn't know why Gideon was the only one who spoke that way- where did she learn it from?  Did she publish the dirty magazines or did she get subscriptions delivered (both of which raise even more questions).  

The action was great though, so once things got rolling and it was clear where the mystery was headed toward, the book got a lot more enjoyable for me.

Interesting world building, but some of the in-book knowledge felt inconsistent.  It was a little frustrating that what characters could do or know or even their speaking styles, depended on what was convenient for the scene.  

I was a little disappointed that it turned into a "10 Little Indians" story, not because it's a bad structure but because then I knew that most of the characters would end up dead by the end and I really liked some of them.  I'm also sad that the more interesting ones (to me) went first.  Oh well. 

I did really like Harrow's arc. 

The typos (in the kindle version) were a little jarring (such as spots where they referred to necromancer when they clearly meant cavalier or the other way around).

But overall I liked the book.   Definitely a case of a strong ending rescuing a confused start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Child death, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts