Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Die Maschinen by Ann Leckie

38 reviews

mauricekofi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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

5.0

Leckie has absolutely blown me away. It is safe to say that this is one of my favorite sci-fi novels of all time, and one of the best I've read this year (don't worry, Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy still takes top). Truly though, Leckie masterfully writes a story that exposes the fallacies inherit to law and order, war, and the assumptions of "superior" societies. From beginning to end, she lays out the contradictions obvious to everyone except the Radchaai, but contains it all within a character whose lack of humanity in the eyes of those around her make her the most human of all.

Leckie, in my opinion, is at the level of those such as Frank Herbert and N.K. Jemisin, using sci-fi to communicate elements of the human condition that we often ignore, with the implications of how they shape or societies and define our decisions. Ann Leckie deserves the accolades she has received. My only regret is that it took me so long to pick up this book, despite having heard about it years ago.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation, War, and Classism

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I have a hard time talking about this book. Some parts of it are simply stunning - the way action is tracked in first person across multiple points of view at the same time! - while I find character actions and motivations to be muddled. So much of the opening present-day section where Seivarden makes a mess of things and is a terrible person and yet Breq continues to keep them around? When even she doesn't understand why? Infuriating. But I think I care enough to keep going and see how the overall plot shakes out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Xenophobia, Vomit, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Drug abuse, Genocide, and Medical content

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I support Breq’s rights and Breq’s wrongs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

bel017's review against another edition

Stressful. Message seems to be 'evil is bad'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Grief

falconer24's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Genocide, and Colonisation

kitkathy24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Genocide, Colonisation, and Classism

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

Kept me pleasantly confused for a long time and then absolutely delivered with its explanations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and War

sincetheflood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Body horror, Vomit, and Grief

rystonlentil43's review against another edition

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

4.0

This is like 90% politics, which was fine with me as it's building out a rich, complex world. The audiobook was read very well, including the singing :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Classism

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction