Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen

6 reviews

lanid's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Genocide, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Medical content

minanonim's review against another edition

Too long, got slightly repetitive at some point. I also didn't connect with the main character after a while. It feels like he never learns, never moves past the beginning point. (Maybe mild spoilers ahead) Yes, I get it, he is traumatized, but you'd think he'd learn to control his temper after the first few times he gets himself and others in big trouble because of it. Revenge is great, but use your head for a second please...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Body horror, Excrement, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Deportation, and Blood

Minor: Ableism

alexalily's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Slavery, Child death, Gore, Violence, Animal death, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Animal cruelty, Blood, Medical content, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

intothevolcano's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I found this a real slog at times, I'm not going to lie. I think a lot of the issue was down to personal taste - this is a heavily plot-driven book, with explicit violence and torture, none of which I usually warm to. In the case of Nophek Gloss, however, I didn't click with the characters at all - particularly our protagonist Caiden. I found reading about him actively frustrating at some points, and his character development didn't ring true for me. I also despised Threi from the moment he first appeared onwards. I was much more invested in the background characters, who we sadly get to learn little about. As if so often the case with series I don't get on with, I found the epilogue more intriguing than a lot of the main plot - I will try to avoid being tempted to read the sequel, however.
2.5 stars, rounded up to 3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Slavery

ronpayne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Slavery