Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

47 reviews

samixox's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

The writing and flow made this book easy to read, I understand why it's so popular, and it was an enjoyable read at times, knocked it down a star because I would have enjoyed this a lot more as just a cutesy lil monster fucking book. And that's what it should have been if the author had no real intention of giving the characters anything more than a few fumes of a backstory or characterisation. It is a fun lil smut book otherwise and should have started that way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Rape, and Trafficking

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

bbygirl21's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

I thought this was a really entertaining read. I loved Georgie and Vektal together. And I loved all the other characters that are part of Georgie's group of girls and Vektal's tribe. I'm excited to go into the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide and Rape

bookdragonenby's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

This is good fluff, I wish we met the kids but I loved it regardless. Aliens like Vektal should be real, it's a crime.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking and Murder

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abortion, Grief, and Death

katiemack's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

Oh boy. What a ride.

This is my first foray into SF erotica, so I'm going to refrain from rating it. It's also not the type of romance I usually go for, but between the hype and the beautiful new cover for the special edition--and the free trial of Kindle Unlimited I have until the end of next month--I figured I should try this.

As far as the romance goes, I didn't hate it; in fact, it's oddly compelling. Rather than being a total alpha asshole who tries to control his love interest, Vektal primarily seems concerned about keeping Georgie alive, safe, and comfortable and mostly just tries to be available to support her. There's also more agency and consent than some of the other "fated mates" tropes I've seen (aside from when

Vektal wakes a sleeping Georgie by aggressively eating her out; that was rough for me to read

--sure, he wants Georgie to accept the khui and live with him on his planet forever, but ultimately it's her choice.

Unfortunately, this theme of consent doesn't extend to the beginning of the book. There's some early sexual assault that happens on the ship before Georgie and the others land on Vektal's planet, and the way Ruby Dixon portrays this trauma is cruel and unhealthy.

Dominique, the girl who is raped by the aliens transporting the women, "goes nuts" and disappears into the snowy abyss, only to be found later by Georgie. This implies that, if you've been raped, you might as well die rather than deal with it, and Dixon's trigger warning in the introduction to this book doesn't excuse this problematic way of thinking.

Overall, the world-building and romance are both surprisingly balanced, so aside from some deeply violent and terrible instances that happen at the beginning of the book, I kind of enjoyed this. Would I read the million sequels? I might give them a try in 2023...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

sop17hie's review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Was so compelling, but so many cringey bits of dialogue. Great to giggle with friends

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, War, and Vomit

mermaidsherbet's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Kidnapping

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Did I think I would enjoy alien erotica? Nope. But here we are! A little rough around the edges in terms of writing style but the story is entertaining and intriguing and the characters are charming as shit. There were some repetitive bits and it’s a little disappointing not knowing much about the aliens who abducted all these women, but the romance (?) and the courage of both groups of people in this story was captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Excrement, Slavery, Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

kelseyr713's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Me at Target: I’ll buy the book I’ve been seeing everywhere on TikTok! What a great cover, and it’s a special edition!

Months later, looking for a brain candy book, I picked this up from one of my many stacks. If you’re going into the book, you know what you’re in for, let’s not pretend. It’s exactly what the title suggests. The sex scenes get a little repetitive but are more well-written than most, with no cringy purple prose. The world building is intriguing. I’ll definitely be continuing with this series!

Content warnings: rape (off-page), one sex scene of dubious consent, suicide by nature (freezing), body horror (worm burrowing into neck). In the author’s note at the end, Ruby says that for the special edition, she decided to remove an on-page rape scene from the beginning of the book, as she concluded it did not belong. I appreciate this decision.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Minor: Rape and Suicide

ncarson's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, and Excrement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

s_lorenz's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Trafficking

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Confinement, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Suicide