Reviews tagging 'War'

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

64 reviews

oranpeppermint's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Body horror

Minor: War

chrispy_mac's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

This is a great space opera with very grating characters. I especially did not care for Jim, who we're told has this great moral compass and always does the right thing, when half the time I'm yelling at him because he's actually being an idiot. (Minor spoiler)

And then the only actual female character decides to get with him because.... idk. Because there has to be a romance I guess.

It's too bad because the main plot and political intrigue were interesting and I would like to see where it goes from here, but I don't know if I can make myself read more of the series because I really don't like some of these characters (and some of their attitudes about women border on questionable and aren't really challenged by the narrative).
The pacing was also a bit off, but this would have been forgivable if I'd had no other complaints.
You might not care as much about this and just want a good space opera with political intrigue. If that's you, you could still give this book a try and decide for yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, War, and Alcoholism

hirsute's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Death, Sexual content, Mental illness, Classism, Alcoholism, Cursing, Murder, Gun violence, and Alcohol

a11eycat's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Vomit, War, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

mousereader's review against another edition

2.0

Too misogynistic, patriarchal, and boring. There is infinite potential for a space opera and this one chose cops, guns, thugs, guns, rape, bombs, detectives, guns, prostitutes, guns... you get the picture.

I prefer my sci-fi to be as imaginative, adventurous, and action-packed as Brandon Sanderson's or as innovative, interesting, and intelligent as Becky Chambers'.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Gun violence, War, Alcoholism, Cursing, Police brutality, and Xenophobia

lobay's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Rape

swordrager's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Addiction, Confinement, Terminal illness, War, Child death, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Classism, Genocide, Excrement, Violence, Cancer, Gun violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Medical content, Gore, Abandonment, Self harm, Grief, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Body horror, Colonisation, Deportation, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

jlarabee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and War

ruyanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Body horror, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, War, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Stalking, Infertility, Drug use, Alcoholism, Genocide, and Grief

buttercat42's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

This book wasn’t fantastic and it wasn’t terrible. The world is really interesting but the authors got really bogged down in the technical description sometimes, and most of the characters were very flat. The only character with any depth was Miller, and he is so much the main character of the story that it seems wild in retrospect that only half of the book was from his perspective. I found sometimes that I felt left out of what was happening- an action would happen so suddenly that I would go back a few paragraphs, convinced I had missed something, but in fact there just hadn’t been any lead-in  that made sense. I’ll probably continue on with the series but not right away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, War, Body horror, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Medical content