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scifi_rat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Minor: Colonisation and Classism
keya_caivalur's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
Minor: Transphobia, Trafficking, and War
hwesta's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
It was great to learn about the Presger Translators. I didn't feel the ending held up to how cool the rest of the book was.
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War
Lots of thoughts of dismemberment or mentions of it happening to human-like persons in the pastnaomiysl's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Grief
Moderate: Child death and Abandonment
caryndi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
On the one hand, there was rather more vivisection than I was expecting. On the other, I'm more likely to not care about romance subplots than to get into them, but Leckie wrote one I came to adore. And, like any book in this universe, it was fun to see the mentions of characters we'd come to know and love in previous installments, even if they were only side players to the main plot.
If you're a fan of Ann Leckie's existing work in the Imperial Radch extended universe, definitely read this book. If you're not familiar, I think Provenance is still my recommended starting point for the universe.
Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Kidnapping
athryn's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual violence
Moderate: Body horror, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Transphobia
Minor misgendering