Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

101 reviews

bramblelegs's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.0

Not as bad as I was expecting. I mostly read this as a random palate cleanser from reading a really intense series, and I needed something I wouldn't have to get too invested in. This was a good 3 star read, just average at best but not mindblowingly the best thing I've ever read. I enjoyed it for what it was.

In the beginning with the abduction of the girls and then the rape of one of them, I very nearly stopped reading because I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with that type of story. Thankfully it didn't continue, and by the time everyone crash landed on the ice planet, it turned more into a survival story with a bit of smut included. I think I mostly stayed bc the aliens in this story weren't horrible.

There were some points of convenience, but it got the story through what it was meant to be. So yknow, good enough. I knew what I was signing up for.

Solid 3/5, just average and a good thoughtless time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Trafficking, Vomit, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Slavery, Confinement, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

2.5

Hmmmm. I was hoping to like this but I didn't have the best time. Setting the stakes so high in the beginning makes the unfortunately genre typical lapses in consent way less bearable. I did like the comedic elements and the spice but overall there were too many tropes that were very much not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Confinement, and Death

itsnotri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Beginning was a bit uncomfy and dark. Is there a trigger warning on this book? I hope there is. The rest of the story was straight alien smut. It was good alien smut. There’s a plot if you squint too? I recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Trafficking, and Rape

trayslays's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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: Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, and Excrement

sophieve's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-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? No

4.75

I was not expecting to like this book as much as I did. I expected a quick, trashy, indulgent read. It was that but I also found that I truly enjoyed the story. I felt tense about the characters’ survival, I thought they were lovable characters, I laughed at some genuinely funny moments, and so on. The communication barrier and the short term threat to the survival of the humans on the planet added to the intensity of the love story. The only reason I didn’t give a full 5 stars is because there were some cringe moments too.

mainly the instant pregnancy and the way she was like “oh no, I’m late, I’m definitely pregnant.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, and Excrement

Minor: Pregnancy

thewellreadlabrador's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

teatunesandtales's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-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: Slavery and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape

kylieshart's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A quick and easy read. It was quite spicy. I liked it and would continue with the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Trafficking, and Rape

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Excrement

Georgie is abducted by aliens and drugged and kidnapped to be sold to another species along with a bunch of other women. They are confined together in a cell and have a bucket to use the bathroom in. Some of the women are raped by their captives for screaming, not the MC though so it is not as descriptive. The cell gets stranded on an ice planet and Georgie is saved by a native on the planet.

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Rape

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Cursing

allisonmspiers's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder, Sexism, Rape, Body horror, Death, and Trafficking

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Violence

PLEASE READ if you find SA triggering.

BIG note: consent is dubious in this novel. The love interest goes down on the heroine while she's unconscious the first time they meet due to what I can only call a cultural difference. She wakes up and ends up being ok with the situation, and they proceed to establish consent for every other sexual encounter, but this would definitely be triggering for a lot of people. There is also a r*pe scene very early on in the novel, though it is meant to be disturbing/sad (as it should). It isn't extremely graphic, but you know the gist of what's happening.