Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

5 reviews

femisandwich's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, and Antisemitism

jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

Loved the themes, the characters, and the story. A perfect winter read!

CW: mentions of SA, sexism, anti-semitism, violence, alcohol abuse, child abuse, death of parent, death of child, mentions of infidelity, hunger, poverty, animal cruelty, horse death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Sexism, Violence, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Sexual assault

tamara_joy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Antisemitism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Blood, and Classism

flyintothestorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Un mundo helado, para mí, tiene todo el sabor de un cuento de hadas bastante oscuro y me ha parecido maravilloso (aún no he leído Un cuento oscuro, pero sé que existe). 
Pensaba que las tres historias iban a estar más separadas y que se iban a juntar solo en ciertos puntos, pero se van juntando y separando, lo que hace que sea muy orgánico. 
Y pese a los cambios en los puntos de vista, la narración hace que sea bastante fácil saber a quién se está siguiendo en cada momento, aun sin especificarlo (creo que una vez dudé un poco, pero ya).
En resumen, merece mucho la pena.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Animal death and Bullying

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️=it was fine. 
This was a good story, and, overall, I liked it. It was more fairytale than fantasy. But the poor grammar and mechanics were a distraction from story. The story got bogged down in too much detail. A good editor could have made the story more readable by cutting the redundant details and correcting the grammar errors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Rape, and Murder

Fantasy