Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

8 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

maresuju's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

emperordzi's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

catghost's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.5

knocked off half a star for predictability, though it was still exciting

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Violence, and Colonisation

Minor: War

makenna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Slavery, Blood, and Colonisation

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

I’m sorry I just can’t idk why maybe it’s the writing. I might come back to it one day

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, War, and Classism

rohirrimgirl's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Boring. Plot twists were not enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a DENSE book. It was THIQQUE with world building and just… so fuckin much political anguish. The scenes of torture and abuse and the beheading scene were intense and the corrupt, the betrayal, the pain. It was a whole lot. And the surprise ending was… wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Child death