Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

4 reviews

wanderingmeek's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon 

1/5⭐ 

 

Wow.. My first one star review. 

 

Was this good? No. 

Did it make me uncomfortable? Yes. 

Was it fun? Barely. 

 

I wanted to DNF it in the first few chapters, but I don’t write reviews for the books I DNF so I powered through it. Just for you dear reader. 

 

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Let us begin with its strengths.. 

 

• It is only 188 pages long.

 
Onward to the absolute shit.. 
 

• The plot was trying its best to hang in there, but Swiss cheese can’t survive at such cold temperatures without shattering. 

• The fact that the survivor of a horrific and graphic sexual assault is found dead in the snow and it is frammed as a good outcome is wild to me. 🫨

 

• The way this novel talks about fertility is triggering. Basically claiming that beyond their ability to procreate the women hold little use or value in this society. Or even to aliens at large since the ones on the ships at the beginning seemed to have the same plan for their cargo. 

I spent the vast majority of this entire experience cringing. Who am I kidding I am still cringing..
 
I can see why someone out there may enjoy this. However, I now know that monster/alien breeding smut just isn’t for me. 🤷🏼‍♀️
 
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Genre: Science Fiction Romance
 
Trigger Warnings: Rape, Forced Aborition, Abduction, Infertility 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Abortion

swolerabbit's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

5.0

read this because i wanted to know what the absolute fuck was going on. i’d seen the memes, and curiosity got me.
but holy shit. i had such a fun time.

anyone reviewing this like it’s meant to be incredibly serious mind-blowing sci-fi literature is missing the point.
this is just a silly goofy time.

bonus points for endless star wars references. it’s what george would want.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Infertility, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

m_lee's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

tiffanyg's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy