Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

25 reviews

jamielikestoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, and War

Moderate: Colonisation and Dysphoria

Minor: Terminal illness

dariusmortee's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? No

5.0

I don’t read sci-fi as often as a read fantasy, but with this book I did revisit why I do like reading it every now and then. 

I am very intrigued with this story and am looking forward to the rest of it. The characters are interesting and the premise of the book gives even a bit of dystopian that we all love from books like the Hunger Games. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

rtaire's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, War, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Transphobia

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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

4.5

Outer space books and movies aren't usually my thing, but I really liked this!  It was super unique, and I didn't see the plot twist coming at all.  4.5 stars instead of 5 because I found Lito's perspective a little boring sometimes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Vomit, and Murder

almost_literate's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

danijbalt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-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

The first-person narration threw me off, and the ending felt rushed in order to set up the next book, but I adored this book!! Picked it up and assumed the romance involving the First Sister would be straight, only for it to not be :') 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, and Blood

peach_pie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and War

beesknees's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

The First Sister is an intense but extremely intriguing read. To start, there are some heavy themes and content warnings to consider, as this book takes place in the midst of a war. This story reads very straightforward but with still with feeling--the author doesn't make you guess what is going on, which is nice in a sci-fi featuring new and unusual architecture, fashion, religion, and technology. Multiple perspectives is handled extremely well; there are 3 perspectives to consider, one of which is a series of audio logs you are reading from start to finish which provides a nice break from simply switching from one series of intense happenings to another. Each perspective intertwines nicely in time for the ending of the book to both make sense and leave the reader shocked. Finally, the solid character development left me excited to see how our characters pave their way in the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

foreverinastory's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

 Still love this book with all my heart. Cannot wait to pick up The Second Rebel!

Rep: Bisexual mute female MC (unknown ethnicity), Japanese achillean nonbinary MC, Spanish-Italian demisexual male MC, sapphic mute female side character, Asian female side character with chronic pain, arm prosthetic and leg prosthetic, queer-normative world.

CWs: Blood, body horror, bullying, death, gun violence, injury/injury detail, medical content, medical trauma/nonconsensual experimentation, murder, violence, war. Moderate: abandonment, past mentions of child abuse, colonisation, deadnaming/misgendering, religious bigotry, sexual content, slavery/forced sex work, vomit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Colonisation