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A review by language_loving_amateur
Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon
- Loveable characters? No
2.5
Dub-con. and explicit sex.
More adversarial relationship than the first book. I had trouble rooting for Liz because of how she treats the other humans. Her stance was very trauma Olympics and the fact that she was upset at the women from the pods for crying made me want to distance myself from her. It could have been narrated as their crying triggering the "don't scream" and what happened after someone did scream from the first part of book 1, but no. Liz's narration in part one was more like, "I've had it worse, so stop processing your recent trauma in ways that annoy me."
Once she was alone with Rahosh she got more interesting, and a bit more likeable for me.
More adversarial relationship than the first book. I had trouble rooting for Liz because of how she treats the other humans. Her stance was very trauma Olympics and the fact that she was upset at the women from the pods for crying made me want to distance myself from her. It could have been narrated as their crying triggering the "don't scream" and what happened after someone did scream from the first part of book 1, but no. Liz's narration in part one was more like, "I've had it worse, so stop processing your recent trauma in ways that annoy me."
Once she was alone with Rahosh she got more interesting, and a bit more likeable for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault