Reviews tagging 'Death'

Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

18 reviews

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Death, Confinement, Blood, Medical content, Chronic illness, Animal death, Violence, Child death, Physical abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Child abuse, Torture, Slavery, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Genocide

roksyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, War, and Body horror

Minor: Child abuse

kb33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

TW/CW: a man’s young child is kidnapped, and he deals with the likelihood that she is dead. Detailed descriptions of his thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Grief, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

jnichols's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Vomit, Body horror, War, Kidnapping, and Death

thedinosaurkid's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Genocide, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

xta_07'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The second installment of the Expanse series is a banger. That is mainly due to the introduction of Bobbie Draper and Chrisjen Avasarala. A Martian Marine and a politician at the top of her game. I loved seeing these two women interact. They are so much the polar opposites of one another that seeing them work together and bond was so much fun to read. I was always excited with a Bobbie or an Avasarala chapter came up.

I have heard The Expanse described as Game of Thrones set in space, and I can really see that comparison in this novel. Political power moves, and a mysterious looming threat are the main motif. But, there is an underlying hopefulness here that human kind can do the right thing if we just listen to each other, that I don’t see in GOT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: War, Kidnapping, Child death, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse

linneak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Genocide, Classism, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexism, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

joshoonet's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

4.0

• Took a while for me to get into it, but then I didn't want to put it down again. Just like the first part!
• Avasarala is kind of incredible, her constant cursing is just hilarious
• Character development: top notch imo
• I love the changing of the protomolecule, it keeps getting more interesting and more high stakes
• The end??? Um I need to continue immediately
• Proper fucking diverse characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Murder, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

ktkeps's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Death, and Grief

iono's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: War, Racism, Xenophobia, Child abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Pedophilia