Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dustwalker by Tiffany Roberts

10 reviews

rhaina_joy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, and Cannibalism

The novel is written in a dystopia future so thinks start very bleak.

lady_smith's review

emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Violence

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

Things I liked:

• The world building
• The premise of robot and human
• Ronin, and all his sweetness
• The conclusion wrapping things up
• The exploration into bots being able to evolve into sentience

Things I did not like:

• Lara, and her temper of a 7 year old
• How slow the book got at times. It took me 6 days to complete this when I typically complete a book every other day
• Did I mention Lara?

There was a lot to love, and such a good premise, but when you dislike one of the main characters, it's very difficult to enjoy the book as a whole. Add on to that how slow the plot got over and over, at like 40% then preparing for the end at like 75%.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent

mxfisher's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is like if Stephen King’s gunslinger Roland was a post-apocalyptic cyborg who got to live his love story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy

doahdancer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Pandemic/Epidemic

ramakn22's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, and Murder

eschmitz94's review against another edition

5.0

One of the best sci-fi love stories out there. Book had me laughing, sobbing, and holding my breath. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Rape

katiekeske's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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

5.0

I just finished this book, and I'm crying. It was so good, even though it was a rollercoaster of emotions. Be warned that this is set in a dark, dystopian future where humans are struggling to survive. There are robots that look human with s3xual desires and violent tendencies. Content warnings for r@pe (happened to heroine in recent past), murder, child d3ath (side character's), violence, etc. 

Even though it's somewhat of an instant attraction between the two characters (mainly on Ronin's side), the romance is a slow burn with love that grows over time. 

Ronin is a bot that looks human and wants to find his purpose. I thought Ronin was written so well, and his personal musings felt both robotic and real. 

Lara is a human living in squalor, been abused by Warlord (the worst bot ever), and wondering where her sister is. 

This is a long, detailed book that was more gruesome than I expected, but I'm still glad I read it. The main thing that I question after reading it all is why Tabitha, Lara's sister, left her alone after Lara's attack by Warlord. I felt like it didn't make sense that this supposedly loving sister would abandon her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death and Abandonment

Heroine recalls being raped by Warlord.

coolra's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

actively shitting and screaming and vomiting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Death and Miscarriage

margonaute's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder