Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

401 reviews

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

cass_herg's review against another edition

2.5

Was it bad? Absolutely. Was it also entertaining and ridiculous? Of course. 

I was in the mood for a silly head empty book and was finally wore down enough to start this series. The opening act almost immediately being SA is giving a teenager writing their first “edgy” fanfic, but in true tumblr form I trudged through that and overall it was essentially exactly what I expected from an alien romance novel recommended to me by TikTok. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

kdonovan2005's review against another edition

Terrible writing. A lot of rape. I was not prepared for that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

amyicable's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Kidnapping

kerrythefire's review against another edition

3.25

This was a fine background listen, but I either needed it to be a deeper, more extended romance plot or more graphic smut... like, I just needed one of them to be more in depth than either were.

The plot was actually interesting enough, it was just a very fast relationship development and felt like only the intro to a story, not a whole book's worth of a story. 

I dunno, it was all fine I just wanted more intensity.

TW:

rape

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non-con/dub-con

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kidnapping, bodily fluids, blood (from animal butchering)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

chelsiemarie1218's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Audiobook (audible) - interesting story of blue, green, and orange skinned aliens. Strange purring mate indicator, from a tape worm like thing. Wish the evil aliens would have died. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Kidnapping

hkschorr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Reading this book is a way to get time to pass. I picked up this book expecting some smut, but there's barely any plot beyond "oh god this alien is strange and hot" -smut. The concept of fated mates is strong in this book. I guess there is some potential plot intrique of getting to know a foreign surrounding and culture in a kidnap escapee situation, but really, if smut is not your thing, you won't get anything out of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

ee1000's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I’ve heard people mention this book quite a bit, and honestly it does live up to the hype. I don’t know how I expected the book to start, but the beginning was shocking, interesting, and I appreciated how quickly you’re thrown into the action. 

The romance is intense and as plentiful as you expect, and I did love seeing how the groups have integrated together. 

Probably will pick up the rest of the series eventually!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Abortion

bloomingbookworm's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, and Kidnapping