Reviews tagging 'Violence'

La Stratégie Ender by Orson Scott Card

75 reviews

readingbooksinisrael's review against another edition

dark reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death

jstarshine16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

oscar_thegrouch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, and War

sabrinaleaf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I listened to this on audiobook and really enjoyed the full cast but I can’t get past the casual misogyny and the ideals that the author holds.

I was also sometimes bored during my listening, I’m not a big fan of training scenes and this was full of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Misogyny

terpsy_kore's review

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment

cmccoy13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I really really love this book, it’s definitely one of my favorites. But it’s low score is due to the anti-semitism, misogyny and so on. But otherwise, it’s a beautiful book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jreed's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

evenfall_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and War

literary__mary's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-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

4.0

I don’t consider myself a sci-fi fan, but I still enjoyed this book! I read it a really long time ago and forgot most of it, but re reading it caused me to look at it through a different lens. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

dcm7918's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Grief, and Colonisation