Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Forestborn by Elayne Audrey Becker

8 reviews

blewballoon's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This is a very well written book, with vivid world-building and interesting yet easy to grasp magic and fantasy. The characters are complex and intelligent. The tone is somber and heavy, with a sense of dread that builds from the first page and hardly relents. Arguably, the plot is a series of events going from bad to worse, a constant downward slope without many ups. For my personal preferences right now, I would have preferred there were more bright pockets to balance the reading experience. I ended up finding the plot somewhat predictable because I started just assuming the worst possible things could happen. If a slow, serious fantasy quest story is what you're in the mood for, this will work better for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Body horror, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

stegobookosaurus's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

lktx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Torture

maregred's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Genocide, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Death, Bullying, War, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Infidelity

tinyy's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

I could not stop reading this—the last 100 pages are so tense and full of plot that it was impossible to put it down, foregoing things like water and food. Fantastic. Heartbreaking. Reminiscent of the adventures in Lord of the Rings, but much easier to read ;)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Animal cruelty

Minor: Death of parent and Genocide

The genocide tag is minor because it’s only in its beginning stages. Not sure if this counts as a content warning but Rora and her brother very explicitly suffer from PTSD

cgarner3's review

adventurous dark fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Gore

emmazan's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

read on st. thomas trip

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Torture, Blood, and Vomit

thecasualbooknerd's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, and Genocide

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death