Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon

24 reviews

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I have mix feelings about Raahosh. On one hand, his heart is in the right place in terms of protecting his mate. On the other hand, I don’t like that he practically

forced Liz to accept the qwi (not sure of spelling as I listened to it) by putting it in her with her protest.

I like that Liz is strong-headed and keeps her ground, standing up for what she thinks is right. She’s bold and I just love her!! The patience they have for each other when

it comes to the bedroom and when Liz learns about what happened to Raahosh when he was younger

makes me blush. She throws slang over to him and him trying to understand what she is saying is both funny but understandably frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Pregnancy

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Violence

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

Liz x Raahosh. 4.5 ⭐ 4 🌶 He kidnaps her after she is forced to get a khui, and he keeps her in his cave until they finally start hunting together. They are both stubborn. Liked this couple better than the first books

tinkerswiftie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

I liked this one even better than the first one! It did feel like the love story was a bit rushed and these books continue to feel too short. I’m hopeful that the novella helps with that as it did with the first one. 🙌 I keep being surprised by how much I like these books. It’s not my favorite of all time but it still has captured my attention enough I have to find out what happens next! 😂 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Emotional abuse and Pregnancy

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexism and Pregnancy

Minor: Violence and Vomit

kb33's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Rape, Suicide, and Death of parent

a1exander's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

lilbookbee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

3.5

I've been slowly working on a deep dive into Ruby Dixon's backlog after reading a Risdaverse book I loved. So, despite really not liking Ice Planet Barbarians, I decided to try again with Barbarian Alien. And while I did not love it, I significantly preferred it to the first in the series.

The issue I keep coming up against in these books is the consent issues. Some of them are communication related, some of them are because of not knowing each other's customs, and some are just due to the nature of the khui and this iteration of fated mates. It's the one thing I keep coming up against that stops me from fully immersing myself into the story.

That being said, once we got past most of the consent issues, this book wasn't bad. It was a bit too much insta-love for this length of book, but it was manageable. There was enough tension that I was still able to enjoy it. 

I'm probably gonna jump to another Ruby Dixon series for now. But I do think I will make my way back to read another in the Barbarian series. I just need the cushion of the other 'verses to help me enjoy this in-between.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

karouty's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted

• 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

3.25

I liked the book but not as much as the first one. I can't pinpoint exactly what didn't make love it as much but still, it was a great ride!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

singingshooter's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail