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Dreadnought by April Daniels

19 reviews

corsetedfeminist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I really don’t know why this book isn’t incredibly popular. 

I loved our main character so much. She reminds me a little of Tom Holland’s Spiderman, but with a softer, more vulnerable side and an almost manic independence that comes with the abusive parents. The discussions of how her instant transition affected the way men acted around her broke my heart, but the tender moments of gender euphoria put it back together. I appreciated the struggle throughout the book of what it means to have such high powered people, the interactions between those people and the police, and the with what justice looks like. 

Calamity is a delight, and I love her, and I’ve decided everyone needs a friend who runs around being a vigilantes, shooting criminals, and complaining that the police and the superheroes are useless.

The actual plot is a surprisingly refreshing turn on fairly standard superhero tropes, and the fight scenes are written incredibly well. There are occasional sarcastic digs at broader superhero tropes and characters that made me cackle. 

All in all, my only question is why this isn’t a movie yet. I need this to be a movie like I have needed few things in my life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Deadnaming, Blood, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

wishbea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Medical content

Minor: Rape

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Outing

Moderate: Death and Medical content

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Vomit, Death of parent, and War

zoepagereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I am happy I didn’t bail like I was planning to. After about 80 pages of casual references to suicidal thoughts and a nonstop parade of dreams getting crushed I was about done. But I kept going and after about 100 pages, the book got a lot better. Though I have to say, having a villain’s plan be a almost carbon copy of an Agents of SHIELD season really took me out of it. Even though the book came out before that season, it was still disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Violence, and Outing

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Grief

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, and Vomit

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Genocide, Self harm, Slavery, Vomit, and Gaslighting

brassmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.25

Not good. Also kind of insane that a book that looks and reads like it was written for middle schoolers says tranny so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Transphobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

overbooked207's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

📖 Dreadnought & Sovereign by April Daniels Book Review 📖

3rd and 4th books of August 2022 and 20th and 21st of the year:

“I see a world that is terrified of me. Terrified of someone who would reject manhood. Terrified of a girl who knows who she is and what she's capable of. They are small, and they are weak, and they will not hurt me ever again.” - April Daniels.

These books have fantastic trans, lesbian, queer, abuse survivor, mental health/illness, anxiety, PTSD, and more representation, great writing and world-building, and inventive, well-written, and brutal action/fight scenes! If there’s anything I love in books, it’s complex characters, and this series' main character, Danny, is an especially amazing and complex character. The book showcases her bravery, power, resilience, anger, strengths, weaknesses, and everything in between in such a good way, and the characters felt so real. I liked the second book even more than the first, and I definitely recommend picking these up, especially if you love superhero movies or shows like The Boys, Invincible, Umbrella Academy, etc.! 

TWs for Dreadnought: transphobia, slurs, homophobia, deadnaming, misgendering, misogyny, medical content, violence, parental/domestic/child abuse, homelessness/being kicked out of the house for being trans/queer, anxiety, death, dysphoria, cursing, bullying, blood, body horror, alcohol, alcoholism, self-image issues/negative internal voice, PTSD, sexual harassment, toxic friendship, and description of injuries.

TWs for Sovereign: transphobia, slurs, homophobia, alcoholism, self-harm, deadnaming, misgendering, misogyny, misandry, medical content/trauma, violence, vomit, abuse, cursing, bullying, blood, body horror, alcohol, alcoholism, homelessness, ableism, kidnapping, torture, imprisonment, anxiety, self-image issues/negative internal voice, PTSD, mass death, and description of injuries📚🎧🦸‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail