Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

32 reviews

bel017's review

Stressful. Message seems to be 'evil is bad'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Xenophobia, Violence, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

kitkathy24's review

adventurous challenging reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Colonisation, Classism, and Genocide

scifi_rat's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Xenophobia, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Medical content, Slavery, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Classism

jackie_marion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Drug abuse, Blood, Xenophobia, Violence, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

avacadosocks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Addiction

Minor: Body horror

benji_dw's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

3.5

It’s alright. I expected something more gripping from a series I’d heard so much about. I can see why this book was progressive and groundbreaking a decade ago. But in 2024 it needs a better reason to read it. I don’t love the “I’m going to keep you confused about the world instead of creating narrative suspense in the plot” which is why my rating docs points. The Tixcalaan doulogy simply feels like a better version of what this book is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and War

lbelow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

5.0

An excellent book. I understand why it's gotten so many accolades! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Addiction, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Classism, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

rystonlentil43's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is like 90% politics, which was fine with me as it's building out a rich, complex world. The audiobook was read very well, including the singing :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and War

Minor: Addiction

violerwolf's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely adored this story. Truly gripping in how it navigates the politics of the military industrial complex through both the characters within and the literal instrument of that complex: the ancillaries. One Esk is a fascinating character to follow and I love how we split between these two storylines, One Esk’s current mission with Seiverdan and One Esk’s past on Ors. The way the memory weaves together with the present day, highlighting the themes and dynamics in both, really made the story feel in conversation with itself. I do think the ending is a bit anticlimactic, but I often find that books I really love have disappointing endings. Definitely give this a read still though! I’m super excited to start the sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Confinement, Genocide, War, Colonisation, Murder, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Alcohol, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

This whole book is about imperialism and colonialism and all of the horror that comes with that. The writing isn’t super vivid for a lot of these, but the book doesn’t shy away from discussing these topics. I’d like to say another TW for loss of control/bodily autonomy.