Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot

14 reviews

mikwrites's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Blood

Minor: Torture, Vomit, War

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

yuyine's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous tense fast-paced

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Bluebird est un joli concentré d’actions dans l’espace avec des héroïnes féminines intéressantes et attachantes. Cependant, le manque de nuances, en particulier dans l’univers, et l’enchaînement de rebondissements qui manquent un peu de subtilité en font une lecture sympathique mais qui ne marque pas forcément sur la durée.

Critique complète sur yuyine.be (https://yuyine.be/review/book/bluebird)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence

Moderate: Blood, Medical content

Minor: Genocide, Torture, Medical trauma

cassielaj's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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I am not a sci-fi/fantasy gal, and I really enjoyed this! For a pretty involved world system in space, it wasn’t confusing or difficult to follow, and I really liked the characters and the plot. It’s dark and tense but also has a good bit of humor, which I love, and it also raises important questions about colonization, corruption, and autonomy. And I mean, Rig is basically a badass female Han Solo — what more could you want??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

alyxinthestars's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence

Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent

rtaire's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation

Minor: Genocide, Torture, Medical trauma

ladybeldaran's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is a fun, cheeky space adventure. The author has a great style that manages to be dramatic and funny without being slow or overwrought. The book has an overall light tone, but there are a lot of serious things going on, so just be wary that the setting is heavily based around colonialism and war.

The ending

brings the rating down a bit for being a bit too "happy ever after". It actually ends up spoiling some of the more serious elements of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Torture, Medical content, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment