Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

6 reviews

blacksphinx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Death of parent, War, Violence, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

nerdkitten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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: Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Genocide, Medical content, Vomit, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Deportation, Torture, Excrement, and Misogyny

lochanreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A vividly imagined warrior type fantasy about two races of people, Omehi and Hedeni, locked in a never-ending war until one of them is completely exterminated. Tau Solarin is a commoner born into the unfalteringly classist Omehi tribe and wants nothing to do with the war. That is until he witnesses his father being killed in front of his very eyes by haughty Nobles and in his effort to seek revenge, Tau is thrown into the thick of battle as he strives to become a stronger fighter. Rage of Dragons is darkly magical, beastly and unrelenting. 
I thought for what was supposed to be a matriarchy, the writing did convey some typically male-dominant narratives such as when Tau refers to a woman character he meets towards the end of the book as a "child" and continues to infantalise her despite acknowledging that they are about the same age and height, as well as other bits of dialogue throughout. A high level of reverence is given to women in this fantasy but their representation didn't always hit the right notes. 
I was however, pulled into the story and the ending lends itself nicely to the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Colonisation

ehmannky's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I've had this book for a year now and for some reason kept putting it off. Which was my loss because this is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It's just fast-paced and interesting and compelling and the characters and their motivations are so well done. It is a book about war, and one that looks at colonization and violence from caste system. If you're not in the mood for a lot of fight scenes, it's not for you. But if you're good with that it's fabulous. 

If you liked R.F. Kuang's Poppy War series, you'll probably love this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, War, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Vomit, Body horror, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

griffinthief's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

noraa's review

adventurous challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Colonisation, Grief, Abandonment, Body horror, Medical content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Torture, Alcohol, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Slavery