Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Chiens de guerre by Adrian Tchaikovsky

4 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

every time rex went 'i'm a good boy' i wanted to give him a hug! this was a super interesting sci-fi novel, i liked the different perspectives we got and the full circle of it.

i do think the main premise of the blurb, the war trials of his owner, could have been longer, we didn't spend much time there. i also think that it would have been cool to have the human bioform have more page time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nebulous_tide's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Started extremely well. Lost me a little about 2/3rds through, but ended superbly.

Tchaikovsky has a way of showing how different futures can play out that make them feel so real they could be here now.

I was made to feel very uncomfortable - even the "good" technology was terrifying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, and War

Minor: Genocide

kaiiyo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A unique analysis about the implications of gaining humanity. What's does it really mean for something inhuman to develop free will and morality? And what does it mean for humans living alongside what we have created? 
The author manages to write the characters in such a way that the style makes the progress very evident (looking at the voice at the start of the book compared to the end is amazing!). Characters that for a large part of the book only seemed present to drive the plot and not to endear the reader sneak their way into your heart without noticing and left me sobbing by the end.
Thought provoking with a lot of heart!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, and Murder