Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

6 reviews

pandapuffs's review

adventurous dark tense 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: Trafficking and Sexual violence

studydniowka's review

adventurous dark tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Transphobia

rebeccajost's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Transphobia, Classism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Trafficking, Gun violence, Medical content, Racial slurs, Torture, Confinement, and Death of parent

implied adult/minor relationship, regarding trasphobia & dysphoria:

surgical transition and changing of someone's body without their consent

peach_pie's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, War, and Xenophobia

thebechdelbitch's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

Huh. This was a tricky one. I really wanted to like it, and I do think part of the issue was that I had high expectations and I was also just super excited to read a story with good Non-Binary representation in it. But this book really reads like the deleted scenes selection of an epic sci-fi space opera. The set up is unique and fascinating but the story itself focuses on all the wrong parts of it. I was craving more information about so many things that I never found out about, and the bits I did know about were all conveyed through bloated narration instead of action and dialogue. (like the definition of telling instead of showing). 

There are so many mature and complex themes in this book which really don't get the space to breathe and develop - such as consent,

split personalities (a plot inclusion which unfortunately comes across as really superficial)

and PTSD/war-related guilt and trauma. 

This book is fine. It's fine. It's not bad. But I was just expecting so much better, and so this was a dissappointing read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

syfylauren's review

adventurous dark hopeful 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

Such a fun read that took many twists and turns I was not expecting! We have two out of three main characters belonging to the alphabet mafia (LGBTQ+) and their explorations of love in its different forms felt fresh, comforting, and happily not trite. it was nice to see how the internal battle between love and duty worked to  help push the main characters outside of their comfort zones. And all while in space. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault