Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

5 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.0

maybe just the mood I'm in but it never quite clicked for me :( the spiders were cool though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism

Spiders, insects. Passing use of cr*pple/d, single use of the R slur.

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

cookiecat73's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Incest, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ?!?!?!?

This is genius. This is perfect. This is a must-read tbh. 

I'm at a loss for words what this book has put me through and what it means to me. Can't believe I almost DNFed it at the very beginning (I admit, it is a little hard to get into). But I'm so glad I didn't because it quickly began to blow my mind and truthfully kept at it until the very last word. 

This is solid hard Sci-fi but also one of the most epic, thought out and surprisingly emotional reads ever. It was worth every sciency passage that went over my head. 

I want to talk about it for hours, analyze it, I want to compare it to so many things I love and found within it. But it's probably just best to go in there not knowing what to expect. 

Fair warning: There are spiders. And I do not like spiders, so I was very conflicted. But I recommend to... just get over it and read the book nonetheless. I definitely don't regret it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cregs's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Blood