Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Siren Depths by Martha Wells

6 reviews

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Incredible -- the third book in the Books of the Raksura, this is definitely the best one so far.  I cannot give five stars enthusiastically enough.  This is more emotional than the previous book, and the characters in multiple Raksura colonies are really well developed.  While the novel concludes in a way that doesn't read like a cliff-hanger, I cannot wait to read more. 

Note: This is the third book in a series comprised of 5 novels and two collections of novellas/shorts.  The prior novels are required reading for this one.

Content warnings elaboration: cannibalism can only be described as 'of a sort?' (there are no humans in these books); one species attempting to capture individuals from another to forcibly breed with them is a theme throughout this series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism and Fire/Fire injury

bel017's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

The horror elements were too much of the story for me. In the first book I just skipped over the fight scenes, in the second I wasn't comfortable but tried not to think about it too much, and hoped it was just that book, but here there were too many gory, disgusting, disturbing and otherwise awful scenes to slog through, and I just didn't enjoy the experience. I like the characters, I like the world, but spending such a large amount of time trapped in horrific circumstances just doesn't make for a positive reading experience for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Infertility, Blood, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

felofhe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infertility, and Vomit

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape and Cannibalism

etosaurus's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Infertility, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Rape, and Cannibalism

thebookfinch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Cannibalism

Minor: Cursing