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britreadsbooks_'s review against another edition
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Ableism, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Medical content, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Murder, Gore, Car accident, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Animal death
Minor: Rape
therealjessicaaustin_2002's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, and Torture
Minor: Rape
clearlyunhinged's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Animal death and Death of parent
kbairbooks's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Genocide, Medical content, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Rape, Colonisation, Confinement, Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, War, Infidelity, Vomit, and Car accident
apolen's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Slavery, Pedophilia, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Child death, and War
Moderate: Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Addiction, Cursing, Child abuse, Trafficking, Confinement, War, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Death of parent, Animal death, and Cannibalism
ashatroyal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Violence, War, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Addiction, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
bookishbrenbren's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Let me start with the good: The first 50% of this book (what used to be book 1 in the population series) is amazing. Easily the best fantasy romance/paranormal romance/alien romance I've ever read. EASILY. The scene is set: a dark dystopia, pacific northwest, think of Cormac's The Road or The Walking Dead (sans zombies), gritty, survivalist, hard; the characters are charming: independent, fierce, capable, out for revenge main character, allies with strong silent type; the love is natural: trials bring them together, chemistry builds, love and trust blossom, together they face the cruelties of this new world. The writing is pristine, amaze.
Jump to 51%: eeeeeyikes. let me say, I did not see a single trigger warning for this book but there is definitely a sex scene in this which the main character does not consent to in advance. So what basically happens is,
So ultimately, I am just very conflicted about this book because the first half was so amazing (and also I just really love the writing) and the second half was so... not. Anyways, eep, I mostly came here to warn about the noncon scene.
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Trafficking, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Child abuse
peddlerofpages's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.0
I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic worlds and I think Stephen's did a great job in creating this one. The first 100 pages of this book sucked me in completely and I really enjoyed the world building we received. The alien's are very close to humans, just with a lot of handy extra senses and indestructability, so this would probably be a good alien romance for those who aren't ready for horns or tails :D
At the time of reading, I didn't realise that this novel is two books combined into one (my fault, it does state in the amazon description and author's website), if I had know this it might have made my overall rating a bit higher, as I did spend most of this book confused as to why there was way too much going on for a single novel. I don't necessarily think combining the books was a smart idea, it makes it feel way too overwhelming and lengthy and the volume of 'bad vibes' scenes overshoots the 'good times' to a point where I was desperate to get through to the end just in the hopes my emotional misery would be relieved, rather than out of excitement. Some extra editing to cut down what was the second novel - hopefully taking out the wave of characters sticking their tongues out and squabbling - would have solved this issue.
The smut in this book is quite light, in my opinion, and from other reviews I was definitely expecting more. I would class this more as a brutal sci-fi novel with romance, than a romance in a sci-fi world.
I will try the other books in the series and more from this author though, as I liked her writing style and world building and I can see that the other books were written as one novel, so I like to believe my main issues with this one will not apply.
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
enji's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence, and Grief
Minor: Colonisation, Rape, Confinement, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
bagel_cm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Gore, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Addiction, Slavery, and Rape