Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold

8 reviews

ellianderjoy's review

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Murder, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Torture, and Toxic friendship

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Gun violence, Death, Ableism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Biphobia, Medical content, Blood, War, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Minor: Kidnapping, Rape, Xenophobia, and Confinement

I truly cannot emphasize enough how much ableism is directed to people with physical disabilities by antagonists in this book. Additionally, this book contains a slur against intersex people (repeated twice).

blusocket's review

adventurous medium-paced

5.0

I take back my comment regarding Shards of Honor being dated--bar a couple extremely minor tells, I think it's really just incomplete. This book ties up the thematic loose ends from and reinforces what was already strong in the former novel. Barrayar is incredibly ambitious, nuanced, and revelatory. Not perfect, I think, but certainly close enough to warrant 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Ableism

booksanddopamine's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-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? No

4.25

I'm glad I didn't ditch the series after reading Shards of Honor because it definitely got better. Cordelia is a strong MC who made me laugh quite a few times. I love her and Aral together. They have a mutual respect for one another and Aral listens to Cordelia as an equal.

The writing showed its age at some points like the use of the term "hermaphrodite". There's also bisexual erasure where it's pointed out that a character is no longer bisexual because he's married to a woman. 

Eugenics are a key theme in this book, so be forewarned that ableism is front and center. There's mention of infanticide but only in dialogue. 

I'm beginning to feel invested in the Vorkosigan family and am interested to see what the next book in the series has in store.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Biphobia, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexism, War, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Child abuse, Abortion, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Hate crime, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, and Suicide attempt

savantthinker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Ableism, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

edwardshaddow's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Murder, and Rape

mizelse's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Blood, Classism, War, Sexism, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts