Reviews tagging 'Violence'

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

53 reviews

yomireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A thrilling story that spans a universe, literal an metaphorical. In spite of a setting that's as alien as the literal aliens, the story is at once inviting in the familiarity of the characters. Encompassed in this behemoth of a read is so much, and is somehow not overcrowded for it: the delicate and yet ferocious nature of life, the complexities of finding common ground with those who hold fundamental philosophical differences from our own, and who we are in the face of tragedy and hope alike. This was a layered story on so many fronts, allowing for our protagonists growth to take center stage without sacrificing the nuances of foreshadowing and plot development. Absolutely worth every page of the read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and War

darkefyres's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, and War

Minor: Medical content

bookishchef's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

pineapplesurvivor's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

mar's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

this book was a lot of fun!!! loved how it seemed like hard sci-fi and science fantasy simultaneously. but it did Not need to be 880 pages long. anyway gregorovich my beloved <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

ahudd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and War

drinaiscold's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical trauma and Colonisation

whatswithrandy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, and War

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

erynpaige's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kfergey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I'll start by saying I did like this book. The story (when it got going) was interesting and most of the characters were likable or interesting. The world was cool if under-explored. But, this book is TOO long, it did not need to be this long. The whole storyline of the staff of blue mcguffin was unnecessary and the dream sequences were overly long and dramatized and made the book drag. The main character was also hard to like at times as she was so introspective to the point of being a bit needy/whiny.  However, what dropped this below a 4* for me was the ending.  All of a sudden she can make all sorts of magical staffs and pills and she talks like an omniscient creature and overall I found it to be too much.  I'd only recommend this book to people who really like sci-fi and philosophy. <Spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and War

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Torture