Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Translation State by Ann Leckie

8 reviews

lyraparledor's review against another edition

Squick squick squick squick squick eek

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Cannibalism, and Child death

keya_caivalur's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

If you're into politics, you'll like this book. I'm not into politics so I was not the intended audience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Blood, Confinement, Deportation, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Body horror, Death, Dysphoria, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Classism, Gaslighting, Rape, and Abandonment

Minor: Trafficking, Transphobia, and War

hwesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious

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

5.0

This book is so weird and I love it so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Confinement

Minor: War, Police brutality, Death of parent, Child death, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Death

Lots of thoughts of dismemberment or mentions of it happening to human-like persons in the past

naomiysl's review against another edition

5.0

Grappling with the question of what is personhood in a whole new way, in addition to that of what is family. Also more gate-space physics! I really enjoyed this book, though I wish

we had seen the matching scene and heard a first person voice from the combined person of Reet/Qven

I really hope we get that in a future book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death

msawyer77's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual violence and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Xenophobia, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Classism

sparklefarm's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Listen. You can plop me down anywhere in or around Radch space and I'm going to have a good time. Ann Leckie imagines a sci fi future that's unlike anything else I'm reading currently. On audio this is paired with Adjoa Andoh's evocative narration, who honestly manages a vast array of wild accents. (Welsh-adjacent seems to be the go-to?) It's so enjoyable - I'll read anything Leckie writes.

This book felt structured similarly to Provenance but seemed to avoid whatever pitfall made the "unlikely protagonist gets out of sticky situation" section in Provenance drag for me. I also appreciated the nods to Provenance and made me hope those unlikely protagonists were doing well. I don't consider myself a political intrigue girlie, but whatever Leckie's doing works for me, so kudos to her. More please!

PS I do wish

we got to find out more about Reet's ~progenitor~. Sequel?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, and Sexual assault

Minor: Colonisation

batesbarb's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

I deeply love Leckie's Radch books, and this one is a great addition to the universe. It provides a glimpse into the internal workings of the society that has formed the boogeyman threat that unites much of humanity in the other books, while also expanding our understanding of some of the human and non-human societies that we've seen the periphery of the other stories. Some of the POV characters are easier to relate to than others at first, but by the end I was fully invested in all of them. It also has the sly humor that I've come to expect in her books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore, Death of parent, Child death, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Blood, Bullying, and Rape

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Death, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Xenophobia, Cursing, Body horror, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual content and Child death