Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Die Maschinen by Ann Leckie

27 reviews

tiredcreature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

Multiple narrative timelines interwoven to introduce pieces of the story at a steady pace;
Vast world beyond the scope of the story;
Rare religious space empire;
Plays with language and translation;
Conveys various linguistic subtleties of the languages encountered throughout the plot, especially as a foreign language speaker would experience them;
AI full of subtle personality; would have loved to see more interactions between AI characters;
May need multiple re-reads;

• She/her, but not like a woman, but like a ship
• The good old days have never been as good as you remember
• War crimes are war crimes no matter how noble your intentions

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Genocide, Xenophobia, and War

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

starlitpage's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Grief, and Alcohol

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

tascaraudo's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

I enjoyed this very much! Was startled by the

sudden shift in Seivarden's behavior, idk that I believed her allegiance to switch so quickly

but enjoyed the characters and the unique perspective of the MC. 
BIG warning for execution/mass murder. The MC is also essentially a slave to the Radch empire. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Genocide, Mental illness, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Body horror, Blood, and Vomit

katie_the_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Genocide