Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal

4 reviews

cj13's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Death, Excrement, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Chronic illness, and Cursing

lmfry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, Antisemitism, Excrement, Terminal illness, Ableism, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Classism, and Alcohol

michellembruhn's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book almost as much as the first, blazing through the audiobook in two days' time! Great MC who struggles and learns, the plot was a bit slower than the first book but still riveting, and the commentary on sexism and racism was challenging without, I felt, getting too preachy.

The reason I'm rating this as a half-star lower than the last was that in the middle section I felt so sad. I wasn't sure why (there's tragedy in the book, yes, but I knew that wasn't it) until Elma realized that she didn't have any friends among the crew. Watching her go through her struggles alone for so long weighed down my empathic heart. Not a problem with the story by any means, but it lessened my personal enjoyment factor for quite a few chapters.

The same content warning as for the last book applies, with more scenes talking about sex and fewer actual scenes (still all fade-to-black), and a similar amount of f-bombs.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Cursing

brittshaw_p's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring 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? No

4.75

4.75/5⭐️ | 0.5/5🌶 | 1/3⚠️ | 16+

Genre: historical sci fi 

Diversity: MC Jewish, Steminist, Anxiety, SC BAA, African, Portuguese, Taiwanese, gay, polio/disability

Moods: problem solving, space, tense, second chance, racism, dystopian

Pace: medium

Device(s): epigraph

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Notes: lovely discussions of racism and sexism appropriate to time period and ensuing mental health, wonderfully paced and tense, great character development especially over first two books

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Took me ~ to read: didn’t time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racism, Vomit, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Cursing, Excrement, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Hate crime