Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

8 reviews

kw_masters's review

adventurous funny fast-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

3.75

Space opera, Good, fast paced, plot driven, potentially Cozy leaning — The stakes never feel too high, although it doesn’t give off enough warm fuzzies for actual cozy. 

I would probably put it in the 3.5-3.75 star range. I liked it and enjoyed it, but it’s not something I will come back to again and again. The characters are lovable, but pretty surface level in the sense that I connected with them without getting deeply attached. 

It brings up intriguing ideas of AI and how “they” impact our geopolitical systems, psychology and sociology.

The only negative thing, and it’s small, is that the author wanted to be so inclusive that the language/description felt forced, almost manufactured rather than the natural flow of the story. It was obviously meant well just not well executed! The pronouns, physical descriptions, sexual orientation were all there - spelling it out seemed to be written for a less intuitive audience. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Trigger warnings are extremely minor!!!!! Things are present, but not descriptive

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

HOW do you take these concepts and write something as boring as this. also genuinely some of the weakest prose I've ever read, please god combine some of those clauses

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicide, Trafficking, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ladydamonayde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Terminal illness

ahkrin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing, Gore, Trafficking, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.25

Plot: 3 stars
Prose: 2.5 stars
Pace: 2 stars
Concept/Execution: 3.5 stars/1 stars
Characters: 2 stars
Worldbuilding: 3 stars
Ending: .5 stars

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, and Alcohol

typedtruths's review against another edition

challenging funny slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief

➸ Trigger warnings for blood and gore depiction, physical injuries and illness including terminal illness, coma, grief and loss depiction, death of a friend (off-page), death of a partner mentioned, military violence and battle scenes, organised crime mentioned, gun violence, kidnapping, explosions, plane crash, animal attack, and animal death.

gumbella's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation