Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

20 reviews

kailanlovescats's review

The weird description of Eiko sleeping with thai (trafficked?) prostitutes and masturbating to the memory of it, overlaid with him about to puke from fish toxins was just too much for me lol. I'm sure they were setting him up to be a morally Grey character you feel bad for since he also got himself enslaved, but it was just too out of left field. 

The ick was immediate lol. Too bad, the plot and other characters sounded intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, and Trafficking

Minor: Vomit, Violence, and Suicide

snazzy10101's review

5.0

i have only praise for this book. 

it is perfect. 
no notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Murder, Animal death, Blood, War, Trafficking, Gore, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, and Deportation

Moderate: Kidnapping, Self harm, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

sierrabowers's review against another edition

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

2.5

I only read this book the entire way through because it was assigned for my book club. I would have DNF’d about 30 pages in if I could have. I think this book did have some good qualities, such as the observations made about humans and our relationship to living creatures on Earth other than ourselves. I also think it asked interesting questions about consciousness, and whether or not in the future, we should consider androids as conscious. But overall, this book was way over my head and I understood almost none of it. The ending was hopeful but it didn’t give me any satisfaction. I would not recommend unless you love science and can understand VERY complex plots. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Deportation, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Classism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Self harm, Trafficking, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

spiralbound89's review

adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Trafficking, Confinement, Murder, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty

emelye's review

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Trafficking

pvp_niki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Death, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Suicide, Child death, and War

devermismysteris's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Confinement, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

miniingrid's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Animal death, Violence, Confinement, and Trafficking

Minor: War

bookedwithannie's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Trafficking

paukinra's review

challenging dark inspiring mysterious slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Trafficking, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail