Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

4 reviews

thenoboshow's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed the first two novels, the third not so much, the rating reflects the omnibus as a whole.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

pryingblackbird's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

The Broken Earth Trilogy was an absolute masterpiece, so I'm a bit surprised how little I liked this one. N.K. Jemisin had so much to learn still when she wrote these books. First of all the entire series is written in first person, each book from another's characters point of view. Which makes for "all tell, no show" and also deprives the reader of a lot of interesting insight into the greater world and the other character. The world building is interesting and unique, but the laser focus on one character at a time didn't allow for much exploration of that. I liked it well enough to read the entire brick of a book, but that was partially driven by the hope that some big revelation or twist was coming to make it all worth it. Sadly that did not happen. I really wanted to like this book more, but it just didn't happen. If you want to read something by the author for the first time, get The fifth season. She truly shines there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Incest, Rape, Slavery, and War

Minor: Child death and Torture

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Colonisation

apersonfromflorida's review

mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Slavery, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Genocide, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Racism