Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Das Wort für Welt ist Wald by Ursula K. Le Guin

5 reviews

trailmixraisins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

5.0

This Ursula K. Le Guin classic is a short and bittersweet parable-like story. She uses vivid and explicit depictions of colonialism in the setting of an alien planet years in the future where humans have developed the technology to travel through space. Selver, an Athshean man, and his society are irrevocably changed after humans settle the planet to harvest wood to be sold on Earth. Though ultimately hopeful, the toll of human violence and hatred on the non-violent society puts its continued existence in jeopardy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

qteabeans's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I chose this for the title. This is clearly in LeGuin's era of writing scifi for men but damn is it good. Also, an incisive exploration of how just how a colonized people were peaceful doesn't mean that they like being colonized. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_cam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-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

A heart wrenching and thought provoking read. I was impressed how she introduced complex characters, relationships, and ideologies in a short time. Deeply flawed characters navigate themes of violence, humanity/inhumanity, colonization, reality, subconscious, gender, cultural difference, self defense and more. Ultimately tragic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

becksusername's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hanz's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Grief