Reviews tagging 'Death'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

216 reviews

hailey_seipel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

kittykatruin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

green_mm's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted sad 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

4.5

I literally loved this book! I am thankful that Dixon wrote this weird, imaginative story, because it was so unique compared to other novels I have read, and I appreciate anyone who has a fun, uncommon idea then brings it to life to share with others. I adored how much Vektal cared for Georgie from the moment he saw her, never mistreating, minimizing, or invalidating her, and I thought his matter-of-fact personality was amusing. I thought so highly of Georgie, who fought for herself and her fellow captives, braved a new world to save everyone, then still opted to side with the group should they want to leave, even if it meant saying goodbye to Vektal. Diverse aliens, new planets, and unbelievable odds, this book kept me intrigued, entertained, and amazed. I rushed out to get the second installment as soon as I finished the first!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Death and Rape

kayschwe's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

arkwen452's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Compared to End of Story, this was a very welcome change! This series has been on my TBR for a while but I wasn't motivated enough to start the series.

Monster/Alien Romances are not new to me so there were only a few elements in this book that were new to me. Would I have preferred a bit more of a fight from the human characters being stuck on this planet and meeting new aliens after being abducted? Heck, yeah. But good overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Trafficking

Minor: Pregnancy

invertedsquares's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Excrement, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

perhappiness's review against another edition

didn't like it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

tornado_ally's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

notbambi's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

TLDR: Silly and sexy and dumb in all the right ways. Like cotton candy in book form. 

Other than the rape in the first chapter, which seems to be a misguided attempt to establish stakes, this is a goofy, fluffy, funny little novel that is exactly what you would expect from the cover and title. Human women get stranded on ice planet, one of them gets picked up by a 7-foot-tall blue alien who sees her as his mate, hilarity and sexual escapades ensue. 

The locals have very few women, so they're thrilled, which could have gone in a terrible direction, but they're all very respectful and consenty and concerned that their ladies are probably going to die because they're so soft and weak. It's a species of Wife Guys, but like, in a good way. 

I'm not super into the pregnancy angle at the end or the fact that the main pair are scientifically fated to be mated, but again, the book is generally so silly and such an obvious fantasy that it's hard to be mad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

jillannms's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Torture, and Trafficking