Reviews tagging 'Death'

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

79 reviews

ggcd1981's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

Eu tinha expectativas altas para Winter’s Orbit porque a sinopse me interessou bastante, e eu gostei da obra, mas ela não realmente atendeu minhas expectativas. A principal razão para isso foi que esperava que haveria mais tempo de livro dedicado a recuperação de Jainan junto a Kiem, e também que haveria mais momentos emocionais entre o casal. Contudo esses aspectos não foram tratados de forma profunda como gostaria. Outro ponto que não me agradou muito, mas isso é mais uma questão de gosto pessoal, foi a voz que o narrador do audiobook fez para Jainan, dando a ele uma voz grave e alpha que não me permitia enxergar a vulnerabilidade do personagem que passou por traumas e ainda assim tentava navegar uma situação política tão delicada com tantas pressões e responsabilidades. Não consegui sentir muita proximidade a Jainan por causa da narração, mas como disse, isso foi uma questão de gosto. A construção do mundo e cenário político foi, em algumas partes, um pouco confusa. Isso dificultou um pouco a imersão nesses aspectos do livro, que foram mais proeminentes do que esperava. No entanto gostei dos personagens (Kiem era um cinnamon roll como marido), apesar de sentir essa certa distância de Jainan. Gostei da história do casal, apesar de achar que poderiam ter havido momentos mais profundos de cura de trauma e discussões mais vulneráveis e significativas. Neste momento não decidi se vou continuar com a série de companion novels, pois o universo e política da obra não capturaram minha imaginação por serem um pouco confusos. Contudo gostei de ter lido Winter’s Orbit e no geral foi uma experiência positiva. Dou 3.5 estrelas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

laura_keoski's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

slburg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness and Classism

Minor: Death and Car accident

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Torture

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

🔥 Slow Burn

🤝 Mutual Pinning

💍 Arranged Marriage

This book was great for people wanting to read sci-fi but get overwhelmed by the thought of it.  Besides few names I had to look up the pronunciation of, it was fairly easy to read.  I enjoyed how well the sci-fi and romance mixed with this book, there was also a bit of mystery to the plot as well.

Kiem was honestly such a lovable idiot and worked so well with Jainan.  I would have liked a little more romance but the plot was good too.  The romance itself is a bit of a slow burn, the main plot, focusing much more on the political scheming, and an alleged murder that might just be a cover-up, and in general dealing with diplomatic relations.

I got this book from Etsy in a Blind Date with a Book from @theannexlibrary and was so happy with it!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1366979807/

Spice Level: 🌶️ (1/5)

Release Date: 28, December 2021

POV: Duel, Third Person 

Rep: LGBTQIA+ characters, Domestic Abuse (past)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, and War

Vehicle crash. Attack by animal. Abuse only briefly explicitly depicted in flashbacks, though the aftermath is present and discussed throughout. (Attempt at) memory modification.

reginacattus's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

amsswim's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

Thank you, Jen, for the recommendation. I love science fiction, and romance for me is a treat when done the way I like. I'm very picky on romance I read because I really don't love all romance tropes, but this one has some of my favorites. It's about the yearning, we must focus! Combining the perfected use of the romance tropes with a new sci-fi background I really loved. The overall story was interesting and kept me coming back as well. I saw a review saying the romance was a background to the sci-fi plot, but I felt the opposite that the sci-fi was a different setting for romance plot points used before, but maybe that just depends on how much you read each of those genres.

Either way if you're looking for a sweet, lgbt, sci-fi romance, this is it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Sexual content, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was such a good book! I don’t really have the words for all the feelings that this book gave me. It was comforting, it was adventurous, it was political, and so many other things. I just loved this so, so much.

I loved the dynamic between Kiem and Jainan once they got past all the awkward miscommunications (and lack of communication). I loved that Kiem was so bubbly and talked with literally everyone, and that Jainan was almost the complete opposite. I loved all the political drama, the murder mystery, and everything else that this had going for it! Somehow this world felt familiar and yet not at all, if that makes sense. Winter’s Orbit was just so good and I’m giving it five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

All tags are in relation to Taam and Aren and the shitty things they did before/during the story.

kanonkita's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

The romance plot of the book was some sweet hurt/comfort. I felt that the leads had good chemistry with each other and their relationship had satisfying pacing. The only thing I'd change is that I would have liked a little more complexity in the world building and political situations. There were a lot of times where the ways that things just sort of shook out in the characters' favor because very important people with a lot of responsibility just trusted them without question took me out of the immersion of the story. That's not really the point of the book though, so if you can shut that part of your brain off, you'll probably have a great read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and War