Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith

3 reviews

sarabara's review

4.25

A good epic sci-fi novel. I didn't care for the spirituality and woo. I suspect the author is a person who subscribes to some type of religious belief system or one of those "higher power" types. 
I also don't know why Amazon Kindle had it categorized as erotic horror. There was zero sex until at least the 50% mark and the sex that followed was...fine. Not super hot, or frequent, much of it closed door.  
But the author explored a number of themes really well, the main one being the birth of organized religion and how that might differ from a nebulous "higher power" that takes interest in the peons. 
It was a hard read especially with all the

brutal rape

that takes place later in the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Rape, Suicide, and Body shaming

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Abortion

caseymac's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I can’t stop thinking about this book but I’m not sure how to review it. If you are sensitive to, like, ANY content warnings I think skip this one.  

This single book reads like an epic fantasy series- it’s complex and well-planned with tons of world building, a gruelling hero’s journey… but it’s one book from just 2 POVs with an honestly really lovely romance plot. 

This book is also awful. It repeatedly and emphatically illustrates the worst people can be in great detail. If this were a film it would have been far too violent for me to watch. There is slavery, trafficking, and violent SA galore in this book. It’s hard to read but I don’t think it’s gratuitous. 

I saw one review that said the author could have used an editor and that some of the characters had a straight line rather than a baritone arc. I think that is probably true- but I honestly don’t think that detracts at all. This book is GOOD- so good I literally stayed up all night reading. 

You may find the slow start once it gets to Meoraq’s bit frustrating (I did!) but stick with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Torture, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Confinement, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Death, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Classism, Vomit, and Abortion

agraves16's review

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-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

5.0

This book was an epic emotional roller-coaster that sucked you into the story and touched on so many deep topics in all their, sometimes gory, detail. This was not a cozy alian romance. This was raw and tragic, but SO good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Death, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Animal death, Classism, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Animal cruelty