Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot

8 reviews

christinereads1823's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-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: Yes

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I adored this book! The characters were wonderfully fleshed out, the worldbuilding was interesting, and the plot (while making use of some clear tropes) was engaging and kept me invested. Rig and Ginka are the badass reluctant-best-friend duo everyone needs, and I absolutely loved both of their character arcs. 
The ending felt a bit too perfectly wrapped up, as I felt the story had sequel/spin-off potential and would have wanted to see more from the characters and the galaxy Pierlot has built, but overall very entertaining and satisfying read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

lpdx's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Genocide, Racism, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Classism

lady_valhella's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Deadnaming, Drug use, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

dustghosts's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, War

spelledlikesleigh's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense slow-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Blood

Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Injury/Injury detail

starccato's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment

oliverreeds's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny 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

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I really enjoyed this book, the plot, and the characters. My first 5 star of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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4.5 stars! I had SO MUCH FUN reading this book, I have been having such a hard time with scifi lately but this book has lifted my curse, THANK YOU.

This kind of felt like watching an old school Star Trek to me? It reminded me so much of my love for Voyager. It was full of snarky, witty banter, at times a little cheesy but in a way that is a hallmark of old school scifi; it’s full of fast paced action and gun fights and plans where everything goes wrong but you have hope at the end of an episode things will be okay. It just felt like such a classic space opera, it was so much fun, I laughed out loud throughout. Rig is an absolute walking disaster and I LOVE HER. I also really loved the sweet romance storyline between Ginka and Crane. A wonderful debut!

Thank you so much to Angry Robot for sending me an ARC of this book, that has not affected my opinions in this review.

Content warnings: violence, gun violence, blood, war, kidnapping, drug use, addiction, medical trauma, injury details, vomit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping