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indeedithappens's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, and Slavery
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Bullying, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape
miraveta's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Also, I don't know that it's right to categorize this as an lgbt-friendly story. The robot Paladin states multiple times that they are genderless and merely allow humans to use male pronouns for them because that's what people assume when looking at them. They decide to allow Eliasz to start misgendering them as a woman instead of as a man because they can tell how much he wants to after finding out their original organ donor was a woman--basically just so he can act on his desire for them without addressing his mindset that men being with men are f*****s (his word) and wrong. And again -- the author's conceptualization of the robot's ability to genuinely consent to anything Eliasz asks is pretty debatable given the programs the robot is forced to run while indentured. And the WLW are all murdered, tortured, or sent into hiding. All in all not exactly the lgbt scifi romance win it has been marketed in some places as.
Moderate: Drug abuse, Police brutality, Torture, and Trafficking
Minor: Addiction and Homophobia
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Homophobia, Police brutality, Death, Gore, Trafficking, Cursing, Blood, Slavery, Addiction, Medical content, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape
Minor: Pedophilia and Vomit
garbagebarge69's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Not saying that plot is bad, or that it doesn't fit contextually; just like, how
Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Police brutality, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Classism, Trafficking, and Drug use
Minor: Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Torture, Gore, and Sexual assault
blotchedspots's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Body horror
Minor: Biphobia, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship
caseythereader's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Homophobia, and Slavery
Minor: Rape
thebeautifulmind42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, and Drug abuse