Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

4 reviews

lvl52_grant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

This book is dense, but rad. The setting is so interesting, and Erikson's dedication to making the world feel alive and we are only witnessing one slice of it is what makes it difficult but intriguing. The reader gets thrown into a conflict with implications going back over thousands of years of history and you just need to work through it until it makes sense. I'm very excited to see what happens next with the Bridgeburners and the Malazan Empire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Body horror

oldladysadie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

I really wanted to like this book - there were multiple characters I found so interesting throughout, and I wish we could’ve learned more about them than we did. 

The writing style of this book was incredibly difficult for me to sink my teeth into. The story is constructed in such a way that it isn’t always obvious who is doing what in the plot, or why - indeed, there were multiple moments of characters even pondering “she didn’t know why this was happening” or “he didn’t know why he felt compelled to do this”. And honestly? Same.

My husband loved this book and how it was told - said he liked not knowing everything and “just letting the story wash over him”. I had a miserable time, and this book is just 100% Not For Me. And that’s fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Colonisation

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Medical content, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Rape, Colonisation, and Genocide

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, War, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Death, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Gore, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide, Genocide, Sexual content, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship