Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Death's End by Cixin Liu

10 reviews

bigofheartdumbofass's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Would be a 5 if the author didn't equate femininity with infantilization a bunch of times. Instalove is used but for whatever reason I was able to get emotionally attached to the characters anyway. The xenosociological concept of the dark forest is dour. However I really enjoyed the physics and science discussion. Really really enjoyed (especially the theoretical discussion within) the last 50 pages or so. The concept of the solar system

Spoiler

being transformed into 2 dimensions

is viscerally horrifying in a way other similar concepts of cosmological

Spoiler

destruction

aren't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Genocide

Minor: Cannibalism

malessia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Violence, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Cancer

coralswank's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This is a trilogy that will probably stick with me for the rest of my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny

npr's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

...wildly imaginitive...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Terminal illness, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide, War, Car accident, Genocide, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic relationship

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: War, Misogyny, and Body horror

Minor: Gun violence, Ableism, and Sexism

qtcarolyn's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Child death, Genocide, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

mlewis's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Genocide

jetlamar's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

A very satisfying and well written epic. I was impressed the whole way through. Thank you to the author and translators. Sincerely, it was a wonderful experience through & through.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, War, and Genocide

I wish much of the non-essential filler were placed in the appendix. It slowed my read time down significantly. But, mabye that was the point. I just didn't see the need for it. Still, amazing read.

amandasystems's review

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

Very classic sci-if, including the misogyny and the slightly stilted language. I’ll think about the underlying theory of politics modulo infinite scales for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide and Misogyny

pulsarcologne's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Cancer