Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Exordia by Seth Dickinson

2 reviews

aileron's review

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, War, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Lesbophobia, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Rape, Alcoholism, Racism, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Suicidal thoughts

third_bookworm's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Truly loved this book. Deeply bizarre, quite upsetting at points. I love and respect Seth Dickinson's ability to introduce a horrible possibility that all the characters work to try to avoid, and then to investigate what happens if that comes true. Deeply compelling relationships between characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Rape