Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Pensad en Flebas by Iain M. Banks

17 reviews

itsphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, War, and Violence

madamchiroptera's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

I was not actually expecting to like this book as much as I did. As much as I like space operas, the older ones tend to feel either a little boring a technobabble-y or there’s just too much problematic stuff that it makes hard for me to read and enjoy. There was still a little bit of that misogyny in this book, but it’s few and far between so it’s easier to kind of acknowledge as a product of its time and move on. 

A main theme that I got from it was kind of the morality of war and what it means to be on a side of that war. I perceived the changers as a metaphor for that. It was interesting and I liked the character’s interactions with each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny and Rape

graphic death of a pregnant woman

evilinchw0rm's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Cannibalism

Minor: Pregnancy

zifk's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

fahyhallowell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Cannibalism, Murder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content

gilgalad's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Violence, Torture, Blood, and Cannibalism

casshroom's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Violence

el_pato_gigante's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Cannibalism, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Excrement, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Vomit, Drug use, Abortion, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Medical content, Alcohol, Sexual content, Infertility, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

jaji's review against another edition

The graphic content got a bit much. I'll try to reread this in a better headspace.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Cannibalism, and Torture

shanekate's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Excrement, Cannibalism, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: War, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use and Abortion

Very graphic.