Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

4 reviews

sugar_b0nes's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Excrement

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon is the first novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians romantic sci-fi series, and it's a book that I'm disappointed in. Trigger warnings in this book include; gang rape, dubious consent, and

pregnancy.

Within the first 7% of the this book the author writes in a minor character who's only purpose in this story is to be the victim of alien gang rape (that is an on page scene) and then she dies off page and is found frozen in this snow later. 

When Viktal (the sexy barbarian)  first meets Georgie, our protagonist, he instantly sticks his face in her privates and begins giving her oral without consent? The Georgie makes a joke about how she should be worried about being raped but instead she can't stop laughing at how ticklish everything is. Wow. Okay. 

I really had high hopes for this series, I thought I would like it but I couldn't even get 7% of the way through without wanting to DNF this shit. Well I finished it and it didn't get much better.

I absolutely hate pregnancy tropes so this explains why I didn't care for the ending very much.

It's unfortunate that I didn't like this book that much because Viktal and Georgie were cute together. 

I'm giving this 2 stars out of 5, as I had a hard time enjoying this.
⭐️⭐️ 2/5 Stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

UM…. no thoughts, head empty 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

golden_like_dior's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail