Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Metal From Heaven by August Clarke

4 reviews

krystaldelusion's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious

• 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

5.0

My life for crawlies.

Acknowledgment for such great influences as Karl Marx, Evangelion, Stone Butch Blues, and Tamsyn Muir.

10/10 no notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Genocide

a_blue_stocking's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Torture, and Alcohol

ellie_1997's review

adventurous dark reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

very unique and yet simultaneously the average lesbian experience 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, and War

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, and Colonisation

mals_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This was an exceptional adult debut. METAL FROM HEAVEN is a ravenous fantasy about a class struggle revolving around a toxic, malleable natural resource that kickstarts an industrial revolution, weaving a story of the elite's insatiable hunger for more, always more, with a voracious revenge plot. Clarke's sharp writing style packs a punch, and the execution of their characters' decisions and motivations was nothing short of phenomenal. Finally, the world is affixed by a distinctive magic system focusing on a malleable natural resource that is brought to its limits, pushing forward the threat of a destructive war and mobilizing the oppressed.

METAL FROM HEAVEN checks every one of my boxes for a powerful queer political fantasy, and it rightfully left its mark on me - I hope those who need this story can find it, and find themselves in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Xenophobia, Abortion, and Toxic friendship