Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

44 reviews

kb33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Entertaining and short. The world building was definitely there, but the length of the book was short because it touched but didn't delve into some topics that would make the book a lot darker - like Georgie's worry about the family and friends she left behind, or thoughts of returning home. 

CW/TW: the rape scene is in the beginning, was easy to skip over, and then was only mentioned a few times. This topic was not written about in depth after it occurred on page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Confinement, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual content, Animal death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Abortion and Suicide

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I didn’t hate it??
Vektal was really sweet and I liked Georgie as a protagonist.
The story was fast paced and engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Vomit, Rape, and Sexual content

kylasmv15's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Cursing and Abortion

Minor: Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Excrement, Gore, Pregnancy, and Violence

m_lee's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Abortion, Vomit, Confinement, Animal death, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Death, Child death, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Gore, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Blood, Grief, Torture, Slavery, Sexual assault, Murder, Infertility, and Animal death

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Colonisation, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Bullying, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture

bohboh's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I found out pretty quickly that I may not be the target audience for this novel, but wow is this really bad science fiction. The heroines are altogether helpless in pretty much everything, the writing leaves you cringing every few pages, and it's absolutely awash with overdone romance and fiction tropes. 

Dixon was able to at least make an interesting alien planet that feels filled with awesome alien flora and fauna, but her writing fails to capitalize on that and suffers from some pretty glaring ethical murkiness in the romantic themes she chose. Half of the story is told from the male alien's perspective: He is the definition of no-thoughts-head-empty, immediately "love-at-first-sight" for the female lead, and ultimately not interesting. I highly recommend reading anything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, and Violence

e11e_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Confinement

Minor: Rape, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Trafficking, and Excrement

bramblelegs's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.0

Not as bad as I was expecting. I mostly read this as a random palate cleanser from reading a really intense series, and I needed something I wouldn't have to get too invested in. This was a good 3 star read, just average at best but not mindblowingly the best thing I've ever read. I enjoyed it for what it was.

In the beginning with the abduction of the girls and then the rape of one of them, I very nearly stopped reading because I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with that type of story. Thankfully it didn't continue, and by the time everyone crash landed on the ice planet, it turned more into a survival story with a bit of smut included. I think I mostly stayed bc the aliens in this story weren't horrible.

There were some points of convenience, but it got the story through what it was meant to be. So yknow, good enough. I knew what I was signing up for.

Solid 3/5, just average and a good thoughtless time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Trafficking, Vomit, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Slavery, Confinement, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

nattiereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Minor: Kidnapping, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Confinement

itsnotri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Beginning was a bit uncomfy and dark. Is there a trigger warning on this book? I hope there is. The rest of the story was straight alien smut. It was good alien smut. There’s a plot if you squint too? I recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Trafficking, and Rape