Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

118 reviews

mice_are_nice's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

fernanda_o's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death and Rape

Minor: Homophobia

kornwaiisms's review against another edition

adventurous tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

i am devastated (this book is fantastic) here's a few thoughts!

- so strong in its writing and story from start to finish, when i tell you it got me hooked,, (if you say it's boring even in the slightest did we read the same book?)
- the characters are SO intricately written i want to see more of all of them (yes even the ones that pissed me off

*guh guh dara guh guh*

)
- i must admit i need a history book to understand and study the history of this world completely but IT'S OKAY WE'RE VIBING
- ..what WAS that last part. WHAT WAS IT. i'm on the floor sobbing i just want my little darling characters to be ok
 
special notes to the characters:

1. NAHRI SHOW THEM WHAT YOU GOOOOOT
2. ali pls survive
3. jamshid pls survive
4. muntahdir pls don't do anything stupid

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Slavery

Minor: Sexual violence

taliaalongi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Rape

peachmoni's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Racism, Slavery, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Racial slurs, Rape, Police brutality, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

reddeddy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Outing, Cultural appropriation, and Sexual harassment

lyricallit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

3.5

I wish I'd known there are 2 POV streams here, Nahri & Ali. The first time we switched to Ali I was confused and remained uninterested for awhile 😆 But it picked up. I enjoyed reading a fantasy with non-Western roots! I will probably get the next books to see where it goes. (I do hope the pacing picks up a tad in the next book)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Torture, and War

sofiadanielle's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Albeit, a slow start, but the story definitely picks up the pace 30% in. As always, Chakraborty tells Middle Eastern mythology/fantasy in a wonderful way. There’s plenty of world building, which may get difficult to navigate, especially if aspects of Middle Eastern folklore is unfamiliar to you. Still, it is all the more enthralling to get introduced and be familiarized with these aspects! 

Very easily want to read the rest of the series, and am definitely wanting to know what happens next for the characters. I’m hooked, and can’t wait to explore more of the world of Daevabad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

lordcafeine's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Slavery

Minor: Rape