Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin, Margot Paronis

12 reviews

wimzie's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Violence

erikwmj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child abuse and Confinement

Moderate: Slavery and Xenophobia

Minor: Murder and Violence

eauderat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Murder, Confinement, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia and Sexism

colleenf's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Kidnapping

I found it a bit of a letdown after A Wizard of Earthsea, but I'm glad that there is a fantasy classic about deprogramming someone in a death cult.

loki's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

The thing I have loved about the Earthsea books so far is the emotion is conveyed in a book written from a somewhat detached, third-person perspective. Although we see very little of the character's interiority, their internal life shines through clearly via their actions and their speech. Le Guin creates vidid characters who live through and respond to problems that would be familiar to an audience of children and preteens, even dressed as they are in a fantasy setting. 

The only reason this isn't rated higher is because I struggle to read middle grade/YA/etc. and so a lot about it wasn't for me, personally. Also worth mentioning I enjoyed this more than A Wizard of Earthsea - primarily because I felt like the pacing was a lot better in Tombs of Atuan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Violence

woweewhoa's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racism and Trafficking

kartoffel_00's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

5/12/22:

This was not exactly a cheerful book but not exactly a despairing one either. It is simply an exploration of the choices and circumstances of the characters mentioned. Ursula LeGuin for me is an author who's very good at portraying the themes she wants to explore in her books. In contrast to the previous book where Ged is the protagonist, the reader follows a different character here. We view the world through their lens and see them experiences changes and also coming to terms with those changes. 
Its a bit hard to precisely place this book in terms of plot and mood. Some might it's terribly bland and some might say the opposite. I rather just enjoyed it for what it was. 

I guess for now I can only say I'm looking forward to reading the other books in the series.

final rating: 4/5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Racism

The trigger warnings mentioned are not graphic. They are not the minor in the sense mentioned once and passed over. Just that they are a very present theme without going into gruesome details.

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

It's interesting for the second book in a series to focus primarily on a character totally unconnected to the main hero, but it was really interesting to hear the perspective of a group separate from the main world and with a warped ideology. I also appreciate having race discussed in a fantasy series in a way that is not theoretical. Ged and many others in the world are specifically brown-skinned and Kargads are white and distrust others in the world based on skin-color and ideology. I also like the journey of Tehar. She has to work against a world that took her from all that she knows and gave her some power, but power that is ulimately empty and built on nothing. But it is also all that she knows and she has to rely on Ged and herself to fight for a different, more open, but a more free life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, Racism, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Death

nerdkitten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Colonisation, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Stalking

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Racism, and War

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Confinement

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Violence