Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Abaddon's Gate, by James S.A. Corey

10 reviews

jennaem27's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Medical content

Minor: Misogyny

skrulls's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, Confinement, and Injury/injury detail

kerttuli'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, War, Ableism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction and Racism

toorsdenote's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, and Injury/injury detail

lvl52_grant's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Having watched the show, the story of the Behemoth past the Ring has held a place in my mind. It's probably one of the most human stories I've ever heard/seen/read, and reading it as Corey intended was a masterwork in telling that story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

idksamiguess's review

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content and Grief

indydanniejones's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This installment of The Expanse is an action packed thrill ride all the way through. The first two books have a lot of politics but this one takes off and has you sitting on the wdge of your seat the entire time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Racism

gaylabeas's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, and Confinement

futureofmydays's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: Addiction

caryndi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Book 3 of the Expanse once again has a host of new characters as humankind goes out to explore The Ring.  Anna was my favorite due to her optimistic viewpoint--and Tilly, of course, was fun as well.  In Melba, we also had (gasp!) a woman who was not hit on at any point...but don't worry, y'all, because she

Spoiler

was a would-be mass murderer,

so who would want that, amirite?

Though the book flirted with exploring the crew of the Rocinante's pasts, the most we got was a bit of confirmation about Amos that had been foreshadowed in book 2.  Despite Holden's intimate relationship with Naomi, he...still does not know anything about her past?  Kind of strange, especially given that they all know his--you'd think he would be the type of person to at least bring it up.

However, Abaddon's Gate goes harder on power struggles than emotional arcs, though Melba does have a bit of one.  I was a bit disappointed we didn't get any resolution with

Spoiler

her and Anna, as I thought they were going to have at least one more significant scene together when Anna saw her in the elevator at the end

.  There's also, of course, more to learn about the beings behind the protomolecule as well as the introduction of a Big Bad I assume we will be seeing more in the future.

Recommend? Yep, another fun, quick read!  Mind the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, Medical content, and Sexism