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Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

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5yr1_'s review against another edition

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Honestly there was FAR too much sexual violence for my taste- even within the first 40 pages

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srandazza's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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dktysing's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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njbader's review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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lisashelves's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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mer_randa's review against another edition

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mysterious 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

2.75

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hotwaterbottle's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

More than a little ridiculous, but solid smut. Novel concept for the world/alien culture. I was surprised by khui being

a symbiote required to survive

, as the idea of

being permanently stuck on the ice planet in exchange for survival

was darker than I expected. I didn't love some of the other implications of khui/the background horror of

all of the women stuck in the planet who don't get doting alien boyfriends and a parasite that makes them into that,

but I also feel like I can't be too picky for what this is.

This edition includes the main novella as well as a "bonus epilogue" and one short story. The epilogue was the weakest of the bunch, as it struggled to convince me that Georgie

has a capacity to learn new, non-sexual, skills.

According to the author's note at the end of the book, this edition removes details of a

violent rape

at the beginning of the book. I honestly thought it was still a bit much, so I'm glad I read this edition instead of the original.

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wanderingmeek's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

1.0

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

1/5⭐

Wow.. My first one star review.

Was this good? No.

Did it make me uncomfortable? Yes.

Was it fun? Barely.

I wanted to DNF it in the first few chapters, but I don’t write reviews for the books I DNF so I powered through it. Just for you dear reader.

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Let us begin with its strengths..

It is only 188 pages long.

Onward to the absolute shit..

The plot was trying its best to hang in there, but Swiss cheese can’t survive at such cold temperatures without shattering.

The fact that the survivor of a horrific and graphic sexual assault is found dead in the snow and it is frammed as a good outcome is wild to me. 🫨

The way this novel talks about fertility is triggering. Basically claiming that beyond their ability to procreate the women hold little use or value in this society. Or even to aliens at large since the ones on the ships at the beginning seemed to have the same plan for their cargo.

I spent the vast majority of this entire experience cringing. Who am I kidding I am still cringing..

I can see why someone out there may enjoy this. However, I now know that monster/alien breeding smut just isn’t for me. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Genre: Science Fiction Romance

Trigger Warnings: Rape, Forced Aborition, Abduction, Infertility

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honeynwool's review against another edition

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adventurous funny 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? N/A

4.0

idk why everyone’s such a hater, i thought it was fun. “what did i just read omg i never thought i would read something like this omggg they had sex and i didn’t hate it” like…..grow up?? embrace the big blue alien cock smdh. tell me you didn’t grow up on wattpad without telling me you didn’t grow up on wattpad 🥱

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ninahuynh's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Another book that I saw raved upon on social media and was weary to start. I was averse to the idea of aliens and what that entails, but the aliens' similarities to human bodies made it not as gross as I anticipated. As someone who does not read sci-fi, the sci-fi elements in this book was fascinating. It was quite intense in the first chapter with the

rape scene and torture-like environment.

I understand

why Vektal and the male sa'qwi (not sure how it's spelled as I listened to the book) are overly enthused at the word of female humans , but it did feel weird.

I like the realistic-ness of body hair on Georgie's body. The third nipple is funny.

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