Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

10 reviews

jodean's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Grief, and War

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy, and Body horror

abby_can_read's review

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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I adored this book. I love Saphira. The characters are amazing and their relationships are good. The worldbuilding is great. The pacing isn't consistent, it's slow at times and fast at others but overall it's fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent, Slavery, and Torture

coreyarch9's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

My favorite installment in the series yet - the action. The revelations. The urge to dive right into Inheritance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Slavery

cturn's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Slavery

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, and Slavery

clockworkhobbit's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, War, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Murder, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Suicide attempt, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Cursing, Child death, Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Rape, Islamophobia, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

a_wren_that_reads's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Violence, and War

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Rape, and Pregnancy

lunep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Idk what to say about this, it took me 2 months to finish lmao
It's not bad, it wasn't even boring, like the first half of Eldest, I was just busy with life so now I don't remember much of what happened in the first half of this. I'll forever love Eragon's sword tho, that part made me binge the ending instead of getting to work
So much happened in this book too, tbh, but at the same time it's kind of an in-between, mild stuff happens so the bigger stuff can happen in Inheritance, and considering that they were going to be one book, it makes sense I guess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit and Torture

Minor: Slavery, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Animal death, Misogyny, and Animal cruelty

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

2.75

I like that the author experimented with the structure of the book, going from perspective to perspective among the different characters, but boy, did this book drag. A lot of the details didn't feel necessary, and the book felt like it was long for the sake of being long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Body horror, Medical content, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Torture

War

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

The middle lagged a bit, but the ending made up for it. I enjoyed the ending of this book in the series more than either of the other two. One thing that I appreciate as the series moves on is that Paolini seems to be doubling back on his earlier misogynistic take on his fantasy world. Though he can’t just undo the patriarchal system in place among the humans, the other races of this world seem a little more balanced, and the woman who do play a major role in the series are distinct and complex. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, Grief, and Slavery