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Ciosy zagłady by Ray Nayler

21 reviews

metanav's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.5

would've loved a full length story of this but it was effective the way it was
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jrow's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Fun read! Gruesome at times but that is the reality of elephant poaching. Recommend as a quick eco-thriller read and might check out some of the authors other books.
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amachonis's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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sophie_the_red's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Absolute banger
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inyx's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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hagwife's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Focused on memory, justice, and community, The Tusks of Extinction does a lot in a very small space! Nayler weaves together some very familiar ideas for an unfamiliar story that is incredibly moving. 

Perhaps my favourite thing about the novella is how quickly Naylor drops you into a very complex setting, with seemingly so little effort that obscures how difficult such an effective immersion is. Naylor also does an incredible job weaving together familiar ideas into an unfamiliar story in very moving ways. 

A warning that it can be violent, though not needlessly. Acts of violence and the place of anger in protection and retaliation is a central theme.  
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_stephk10's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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blacksphinx's review against another edition

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

4.5

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lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

So stunning that I had to turn around and read it again when I finished. 
The way the narratives are woven together, the perspective characters who were chosen, the way information is pieced out, the language used, the futures imagined, all of it so interesting, stunning, thoughtful, impactful, (this could go on forever). This is so so good. 
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ehmannky's review against another edition

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

4.5

A really well-written and well-plotted novella that probes questions on how we form our sense of self, the role of memory, the ethics of de-extinction efforts, and moral quandaries in conservation. We follow Damira, who was once a passionate elephant conservationist and is now the matriarch of a mammoth herd thanks to her consciousness being scanned and placed in a mammoth's brain, as she teaches mammoths how to be mammoths while also killing the poachers entering the preserve. The book has two human perspectives, a young and reluctant poacher and the husband of a man who paid a ton of money to legally hunt mammoths. Again, it's tightly plotted, and I really liked the look into Damira's mind as she slowly becomes more mammoth as her mental schema begins to match her new body. 
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