Reviews tagging 'War'

The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

6 reviews

hailstorm3812's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

OK. I was dubious about the first book, but utterly won over by this third book. I think Tau and the exploration of trim as a philosophy just enthralled me. All these messy people being pulled together to take down an empire. It feels like if you took the YA revolutionary books I read as a teen and let them grow as I did. It shows the complexities of governance and cruelty but also love and friendship. It's so interesting. I cried in the second to last chapter.

I also thought it was a trilogy, and was gobsmacked by the end. It honestly felt a little unnecessary. I think a trilogy with some loose thread of all the work we have to keep doing would have worked thematically and for me, but I am excited for more and to see what happens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, War, Police brutality, Murder, Gore, and Genocide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy and Torture

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Colonisation, War, Xenophobia, Cancer, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Animal death, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Minor: Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, War, and Blood

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Transphobia, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Violence, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Colonisation, Drug use, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Trafficking, and War

pineapplesurvivor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Cancer, Homophobia, Colonisation, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Sexism, Classism, Violence, Genocide, Torture, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Grief, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Torture, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Genocide, and Cultural appropriation

mazomazli's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

4.0

Sooo much better than the second book! I’m not sure if I can continue with another book full of despair and lobotomies though. If you haven’t guessed by the first two books, it’s only going to get more graphic and disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Gore, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Cancer, Colonisation, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Medical trauma