Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

7 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Dementia, Gore, Murder, Violence, Grief, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and War

bookishparadox's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Dementia, Colonisation, War, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Religious bigotry

sophiesmallhands's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: War

motherbeetle's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! There is so much world building and characterization in such a small amount of time. I can’t wait to read the second book & see what happens next! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, and Gore

gummistovlar's review against another edition

4.0

Nuns in space!

It's difficult to have a fresh take on the question of how religions will mould themselves to the idea of human civilisation beyond Earth, but I think Rather does a good job.

Especially taken as a character study, it's a very interesting exploration of the motives that people have for choosing their paths in life.

This novella treads lightly where some of the larger themes of science fiction are concerned - the evolution of technology, questions of empire and colonization, but makes up ground by being more rooted in individuals and their motivations.

I really enjoyed the audiobook by Adenrele Ojo.

The plot resolves a little too easily (I would have liked more background on the larger forces at play), and I felt like a lot of setup went into the question of whether the ship had a soul and then that was very much discarded, but I'm looking forward to the next installment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

astropova's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia

jennikreads's review

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Medical trauma

Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, and Death