Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

La Brigada Lluminosa by Anna Llisterri, Marina Vidal, Kameron Hurley

5 reviews

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Sexual content

pearlbird's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

A tight time travel plot fuck yeah. Hurley apparently had complicated spreadsheets to keep track of everything and it paid off. It's exactly what it says on the tin: a sci-fi time travel war novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

As I said, it's about war and it does not hold back so the content notes are far from complete

nittiotvaan's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Torture, Police brutality, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pandemic/Epidemic

belovedsnail's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I had a really tough time with the first half of the book. The hard military stuff was not me at all, but there was a moment where a switch flipped and I was in the world of the book. Last half paid for all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

nekoshka's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Classism