Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

120 reviews

invertedsquares's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Excrement, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

ee1000's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I’ve heard people mention this book quite a bit, and honestly it does live up to the hype. I don’t know how I expected the book to start, but the beginning was shocking, interesting, and I appreciated how quickly you’re thrown into the action. 

The romance is intense and as plentiful as you expect, and I did love seeing how the groups have integrated together. 

Probably will pick up the rest of the series eventually!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Abortion

shobhana's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual violence, Excrement, Vomit, and Trafficking

maddie_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Really exceeded my expectations. I borrowed it from the library out of curiosity and I thought it was going to be really bad / goofy / cringe-y.

There's an actual plot in addition to all the sex scenes and I thought it was really well written for this type of book. It was funny and felt grounded in the world building. The SciFi elements were well done. The tension and stakes were good as well. Also the audiobook acting was really good!

Fyi when I rate books I only take points away when something bothered me about the book/ I think it should've done something differently/ there was something about it I didn't enjoy. So in my opinion this is a 5/5 because I didn't have any notes for doing any of it differently and I enjoyed reading it. 

Trigger warning

there's one short disturbing, rape scene at the beginning  rape  by "bad aliens" not the titular ice planet barbarians.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

kennedyasdfghjkl's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

I knew I would love the pairing in this story, but I did not anticipate how much it would grip me! A perfect, comfy read to pass the time. The characters were easy to get along with, and fun to follow through their unexpected journey. The walking alien sex toy was surprisingly heartwarming, and I will certainly be returning to the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Excrement

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

chelbelle122's review against another edition

dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

The writing gives fanfiction. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

caprivoyant's review against another edition

Are y'all ok??? That was horrible. 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

There's a graphic rape scene in the beginning, but there's an additional sexual assault

when the MCs first meet — there's no consent, and

that's not TRULY addressed in these pages at all. It's mentioned again later... But there are no emotions about it. Even later,

there are mentions of Georgie wanting to make sure the other girls' "no"s will be respected if they say no. Vektal can't imagine that ever not happening... But, again, he didn't get a yes when he first "meets" Georgie. So.

Also want to speak to ableism tag above directly because I'm not seeing it in other reviews: someone "deformed" shouldn't feel any more "lucky" to be desired sexually than any one else.

hippie_raccoon's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.25

Honestly I felt like it was a bit over hyped?

I definitely could have done without the rape when initially kidnapped.

it was.... Fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

You know I really wanted to give it a fair shot but I couldn’t really get through the on page r@pe scene 20 minutes into the audiobook. I’m sure this is a book that can definitely work for some people! Especially if that’s something they can stomach or are able to skim over to get further into the book. It’s just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

thats_so_raychell's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail