Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

19 reviews

timmytunter'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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bergha1998'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? Yes

3.75

This series has the most interesting plot concept I’ve read in awhile. And I’m slowly falling more and more in love with the characters. The best part is that I have no idea where it’s going. 

Sci-Fi, Found Family

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

ippoteq's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.5

Not as good as the first one, but still an enjoyable read. It felt like there was a rush in the last 100 pages to wrap everything neatly together - they left concluding the action to so late in the book that I assumed Abbadon's Gate was going to be a "part 2" to Caliban's War. But they found a way to cram all that climax in a very small amount of pages. Doesn't hold a candle to Leviathan Wakes in my eyes, but

Bobbie and Avasarala

make up for the ambling plot brought about by the time dedicated to their introduction. Looking forward to seeing how Abbadon's shapes up against this one! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Violence

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual content

septaria's review

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cursed10fold's review

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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Body horror

anntharai's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? No

5.0

Okay so hear me out - book 1 is a *better book* than book 2, but I *enjoyed* book 2 more. That fckn cliffhanger tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

geekmom's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

A well-paced and engaging read! These guys don’t have a clue how to write women but this is easy to just laugh at and ignore because the story is so interesting (and kudos to them for including so many women at all and for giving them meaningful roles in the story!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

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: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, and War

Minor: Child abuse

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