Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot

11 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

ilucam's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Gore, and Gun violence

cassielaj's review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

I am not a sci-fi/fantasy gal, and I really enjoyed this! For a pretty involved world system in space, it wasn’t confusing or difficult to follow, and I really liked the characters and the plot. It’s dark and tense but also has a good bit of humor, which I love, and it also raises important questions about colonization, corruption, and autonomy. And I mean, Rig is basically a badass female Han Solo — what more could you want??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Torture, Colonisation, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cursing, Death, and Genocide

potatoaficionado's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

4.75

I liked the main character's voice a lot and appreciated all the action. It's scratching the itch for more books like Murderbot. I will say there is one twist/reveal that I felt was really telegraphed a bit much beforehand. I still didn't expect all parts of ending though so not a huge deal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, and Violence

rtaire's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Violence, Body horror, and Drug use

Moderate: Colonisation and Xenophobia

Minor: Genocide, Medical trauma, and Torture

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

bluejayreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.5

An entertaining, action-filled, almost swashbuckling adventure in space, featuring a witty, reckless gunslinging smuggler who teams up with a very mysterious (and very scary) bounty hunter to save her sister from one of the three factions in a millennia-long war. There's tons of action, plenty of wit and wry humor, an interesting faction system (especially the mysterious Ossuary faction), deadly and uncatchabale assassins, and some surprisingly complex emotions. I appreciated the nuanced relationship between the protagonist and her sister and the slow friendship between the protagonist and the highly traumatized bounty hunter. And I really enjoyed having a relentlessly charismatic protagonist - I didn't realize how many of the books I've read lately have had quiet/shy/withdrawn protagonists until I found this breath of fresh air. Sure, if you look at it too hard a lot of the details fall apart, but this book isn't meant to be scrutinized. It's meant to be entertaining, and it very much succeeds at that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, War, and Torture

Minor: Drug use, Colonisation, Genocide, and Slavery

Medical abuse, brainwashing, fantasy racism, physical/mental/emotional abuse from an institution

ninjamuse's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Colonisation, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Blood, Xenophobia, War, Terminal illness, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Genocide, and Drug use

Minor: Murder and Torture

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

booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-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

4.25

I laughed, I cried, I screamed. This book was such a rollercoaster and I absolutely loved every second of it. If you like wynonna Earp, arcane, or guardians of the galaxy this is the book for you
Ciel Pierlot’s knocks it out of the park with their debut queer space opera novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder