Reviews tagging 'Death'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

211 reviews

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Another book that I saw raved upon on social media and was weary to start. I was averse to the idea of aliens and what that entails, but the aliens' similarities to human bodies made it not as gross as I anticipated. As someone who does not read sci-fi, the sci-fi elements in this book was fascinating. It was quite intense in the first chapter with the

rape scene and torture-like environment.

I understand

why Vektal and the male sa'qwi (not sure how it's spelled as I listened to the book) are overly enthused at the word of female humans , but it did feel weird.

I like the realistic-ness of body hair on Georgie's body. The third nipple is funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

puppytrixie5's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

Its rather good and a quick read too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape

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

meecespieces's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Rape

bookwormgirl21's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.5

Was actually an enjoyable read. Wasn't too sure at first since I've heard mixed reviews and it's not my usual genre but was pleasantly enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Rape, and Kidnapping

inkysplodge's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

as a mostly sex repulsed ace, i'm annoyed that i liked this lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Death, Violence, and Abortion

abortion is mentioned having happened in the beginning of the book to a minor character and

is forced/against her will.

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Pregnancy

hannahelizabaker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

1.5

Mostly just smut. Couldn’t really get into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

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.