Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

5 reviews

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

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

blackcatkai's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

CW: violence, death, alcohol and drug use, chronic illness, death of a parent, genocide & colonisation

I had a ton of fun with this one, and having a nonbinary character as well as tons of other queer & women characters being the main group was also just nice to experience. we love a  more diverse cast! they all had great personalities and banter like an actual crew/found family.

Rosie & Kurosawa were my fave. just gonna drop one of my fave parts of the book, here:


"you know my sexual inclinations," Rosie said. "so, unless you've grown a cock since the last time I saw you, I'd recommend not trying to fuck me. it'll get you nowhere." -pg 89

my only real complaint is that the end was a bit anticlimactic, like I just wish there was a little more. it was still a good ending, though! overall, I loved this and I'm glad I read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Genocide, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

outtoexist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

This book tried to do too many things for me to keep up with, and is a great example of meaningless representation. Now, I'm a big believer that we need more meaningless representation - that it shouldn't have to MEAN anything that a character is Black or nonbinary, especially in a made up sci Fi or fantasy world. However, this example of it just... Wasn't terribly well written! It is a story that is meant to be deeply queer and has tons of random racial diversity that was written by a straight cis white woman, and you can tell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Gore, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol