Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

68 reviews

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

---

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

bohboh's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I found out pretty quickly that I may not be the target audience for this novel, but wow is this really bad science fiction. The heroines are altogether helpless in pretty much everything, the writing leaves you cringing every few pages, and it's absolutely awash with overdone romance and fiction tropes. 

Dixon was able to at least make an interesting alien planet that feels filled with awesome alien flora and fauna, but her writing fails to capitalize on that and suffers from some pretty glaring ethical murkiness in the romantic themes she chose. Half of the story is told from the male alien's perspective: He is the definition of no-thoughts-head-empty, immediately "love-at-first-sight" for the female lead, and ultimately not interesting. I highly recommend reading anything else.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, Excrement, and Vomit

e11e_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Abortion, and Murder

kennethwade's review against another edition

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, and Kidnapping

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

UM…. no thoughts, head empty 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

kaitielou's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Abortion

cassie12_21's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

Very disappointed. I was promised spice, this is nothing. Also theres like no plot. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder and Pregnancy

DubCon (wake up to oral)

paperpetal's review against another edition

fast-paced

1.5

Who?…What?….WHY?!!! I’ve read some strange things but I can not understand how so many people are in love with this series. 
I feel like if this had started off differently. A better sense of the world it takes place in, that it MIGHT have been better and more appealing. If in the book universe perhaps there was already knowledge of other universes with life. I know that would change the story, but maybe it would have been for the better. The repetitive nature of the language and long periods of lack of communication were tedious. I listened to the audio book and the voiceover work was comical and ridiculous.  The whole thing was so bad it was comical. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, and Trafficking

_mirambo_'s review against another edition

relaxing fast-paced

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

1.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood

lil13's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail