Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

8 reviews

meliemelo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

An excellent follow-up to one of my favourite reads this year. I absolutely LOVED the not-subtle anti-colonialist message and the care the author took not to fall into certain traps. I thought I'd miss the flashbacks but the book works really well as it is, especially as we still get the "multiple self" sense from Breq, although differently this time. Objectively, the pacing may not have been optimal but it didn't bother me.

I cannot wait until my reserved copy of the third book arrives at the library, hopefully very soon! And I will definitely add this trilogy to my "must own" list!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Colonisation, Gun violence, Murder, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Addiction, Slavery, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

4.0

I'm continuing to love this series. It's not cozy per se, but it feels cozy to me. I tried to explain the plot to my mom and I think I broke her brain, but Ann Leckie does a much better job explaining what's going on than I can. Continuing to binge!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Slavery, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Addiction

coffeedog14's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.5

While not as heart-wrenching or heart-stopping as the first installment, and lacking in some of the cool action moments that book had, this is a much more mellow work that relies more on intrigue and delving into the heart of the corruption that is inherent to the Radch and its ideology. It didn't feel like it propelled the plot as much, mainly setting up characters and ideas for later, but it was fascinating while doing so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Trafficking, Bullying, Colonisation, Violence, Classism, War, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Gun violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Deportation, Torture, Addiction, Genocide, and Rape

teaxmillions's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

george_tte's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

"That hold," I interrupted, "is not suitable for use on citizens. And it's entirely possible to suffocate someone by kneeling on their back that way." Which was fine if you didn't care whether the person you were dealing with lived or not. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Trafficking, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Sexual content

katie_the_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Slavery

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

toopunkrockforshul's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was worried this sequel wouldn't live up the the first book, which I loved so much. It definitely did and it was so lovely to be back with Breq. The narration style of this book is so well crafted and manages to create mystery and intrigue while also being engaging. One of those books that feels like seating down to a large meal, where you can just dig in and get lost in the world. Very excited for the next in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

This book deals with a lot of difficult themes, and at its core is about the atrocities that empires and people with power commit against others