Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot

7 reviews

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Death, Drug use, Body horror, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Torture, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Genocide, Confinement, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Islamophobia, and Racism

lady_valhella's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Drug use, Body horror, Medical trauma, Torture, Addiction, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Medical content

dustghosts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Colonisation

Moderate: War, Addiction, Murder, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

spelledlikesleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Addiction

Minor: Racism, Gun violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Ableism

starccato's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Colonisation, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Classism, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, the plot, and the characters. My first 5 star of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Violence, War, Drug use, Genocide, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, and Kidnapping

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

4.5 stars! I had SO MUCH FUN reading this book, I have been having such a hard time with scifi lately but this book has lifted my curse, THANK YOU. 

This kind of felt like watching an old school Star Trek to me? It reminded me so much of my love for Voyager. It was full of snarky, witty banter, at times a little cheesy but in a way that is a hallmark of old school scifi; it’s full of fast paced action and gun fights and plans where everything goes wrong but you have hope at the end of an episode things will be okay. It just felt like such a classic space opera, it was so much fun, I laughed out loud throughout. Rig is an absolute walking disaster and I LOVE HER. I also really loved the sweet romance storyline between Ginka and Crane. A wonderful debut! 

Thank you so much to Angry Robot for sending me an ARC of this book, that has not affected my opinions in this review. 

Content warnings: violence, gun violence, blood, war, kidnapping, drug use, addiction, medical trauma, injury details, vomit 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Blood