Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Malice by Heather Walter

13 reviews

cnaccarato's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

caswrites's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is the best book I've read all year. It makes you feel like a repressed outsider, you feel what Alyce feels. The ending was so strong in emotion that I was left feeling her emotions after finishing 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Body horror, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

sav_22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Colonisation

keya_caivalur's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Genocide, Sexual content, Torture, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

islesbiyana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Genocide, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Classism

abbs15norm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, War, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Classism

parkergeist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Classism

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.25

I'm torn about this book.
I loved the world-building, with the Grace system and how it explores capitalist exploitation of magical beings, that's something I wasn't expecting from this book and I was here for it.
The most lacking part was the romance, especially in the build-up part. It was all tell and no show, so not very believable when something did end up happening. The twists at the end are not bad, but too little too late. I was bored during all the middle part of the book (when the romance was supposed to build-up).
The character development is also a bit weak. It started well with Alyce's character, I loved the storyline of how she discovers herself and her power. But then there's no real growth or transformation, it stays very much on the surface of what she can do with her powers instead of the deep inner exploration of good and evil that I was expecting. Most other characters have little substance and are very black and white, except for the graces (again, I think I would have loved a novel just about the graces because that was the most interesting part), especially Laurel and her political reasoning.
Side-note, I am very pissed off whenever there is a shape-shifter character/storyline and it doesn't lead to a real exploration of gender and identity, especially in what is supposed to be a sapphic novel. Don't give me shape shifters and not make them queer!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Genocide, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

kaziaroo's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Death of parent

giuliaprim's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

I must say that finale had me gasping, it is also the only part that i liked about the book. I had great problems reading it, it never managed to keep my attention constant. It took me a month to finish it. I just found it too slow for my liking. I only started to find it interesting around page 300, and that's a lot of pages ...
That ending somehow saved my experience with the book.

But after all, I understand why people like it and I will continue to recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia