Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott

4 reviews

aceofknives's review

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Colonisation, Medical content, Alcohol, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Child abuse

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Sexism

readiac1999's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I almost passed this book over given the other reviews but I'm so glad I didn't! I can understand the frustration with the writing given that it was at times a bit vague but based on the approach that the book is trying to take of creating a plausible narrative for an uncovered artifact it's remarkably told. Her acknowledgements show she was clearly wedded to telling an approximately accurate story. The vagueness, I think is Stott not wanting to veer too far away from the little that is known about this period. A remarkable work of critical fabulation about a period that I would not have otherwise cared to read about! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

angryglitterwitch's review

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

The writing wasn't great but it was very readable and enjoyable - I finished it in one day. I wish the background characters had been as fleshed out as Isla, even Blue seemed a bit underdeveloped. It was thoroughly researched and I enjoyed the threads of reuse/blending of the physical environment and mythology by the characters. The hook was great, it was just a bit lacking in realisation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Animal death, Slavery, and Sexual violence

kaitlinlovesbooks's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail