Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

9 reviews

katievallin's review

adventurous funny 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

3.0

Enjoyed the first half. Skimmed some in the middle because I got bored. Didn’t really like the end because

I’m not a fan of parasites,

and I can tolerate only so much body horror. Also thought Aurora wasn’t very interesting, and the romance wasn’t very convincing

(not a huge fan of the soulmate trope).

Generally liked the other main characters, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Death of parent

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Gore

Moderate: Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Ableism, and Police brutality

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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

4.75

 I’m not going to lie, I didn’t think it was possible for Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff to write another series that I would love even half as much as I loved The Illuminae Files.

After reading Aurora Rising, it seems I was incredibly wrong.

The world built in this book was just intricate enough to show its depth, while at the same time not overwhelming the readers.

The plot was fast-paced and full of twists and turns (some of which you see coming and others that you really don’t).

And the characters. Seven of the most different characters you could possibly dream up, who all seem to work well together (at least some of the time). We got to know most of the seven members of Squad 312 pretty well, and I expect that we’ll get to know the others (mostly Zila and Kal) a lot better in the coming books.

Aurora Rising is hands-down in my three favorite reads of this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Gore, and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing, Ableism, and Blood

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Minor: Ableism, Genocide, and Death

stelepami's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

Many similar feelings as Serenity, with a dash of Farscape added.

They even killed the pilot. Joss Whedon would be proud.

Except they're all teenagers.

It does have abelism against an autistic-coded character, making it seem like she is deficit because she doesn't understand the feelings of others the way neurotypcials do. This is disappointing as a direct contrast to the books I just read* where the autistic character is loved as she is and provided accommodations by her friends as a matter of course. 

* The Gilded Wolves books by Roshani Chokshi 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Ableism

captainoliimar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Body horror, War, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Medical content

Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Chronic illness, Slavery, Misogyny, Colonisation, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol

lanid's review

adventurous dark funny

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Ableism, Blood, Gore, Violence, and Death of parent

rebeccajost's review

adventurous funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Blood, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Colonisation, and Abandonment

aurora_something's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Some disability representation

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence