Reviews

Deus Ex Mechanic by Ryann Fletcher

mediocremasen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was so fun. Firefly vibes with Sapphic main characters and lots of queerness in all shades.
The story was fun and took interesting turns. It was fun to see the characters grow and for the peril to expand in steady ways.
I'm excited to read th  next book in the series.

birdsandink's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the characters, but it was a bit too dialogue driven for me and that particular style is hard for me to get into. It also wasn't the type of sci-fi I was looking for (I like hard-sci), but that's a me problem, not a book problem. It reminded me a bit of Firefly, but if it had all the problematic bits removed, and I honestly did like the characters, especially Ned and Hyun. I also liked the nod to MtG, that was fun.

astudyinfic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.5

coco43cl's review against another edition

i found myself losing interest in the romance aspect of the book pretty quickly and, although i really enjoyed the universe and the world building, the style wasn’t really to my liking and, ultimately, i stopped tying to push through. 
might give it another try later though, since the universe was interesting and it did make me happy to have older sapphic representation! 

worthleyv's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? No

5.0

ohwhysosad's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

misthios_pat's review against another edition

4.0

Okay, quite an interesting read. Both characters are interesting on their own and together. I'm not the biggest fan of steampunk but I liked how things developed and will definitely buy the rest of the chronicles! I wish I had a better imagination to have a better picture of the visuals.

rory_o_rama's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

5.0

youreadtoomuch's review against another edition

1.0

A lazy book. There's so much ambition in setting up this steam-punk space rebellion world and then finding the time to develop a romance within this world. However, neither was done very well. We create two opposing sides that are hardcore life or death but when it came time to actually prove that, no one really stood solidly in their convictions. People deflected left and right, motivations were an afterthought. Then the romance. Their was this push and pull that could have easily been the books salvation but just like the plot, the intentions behind the push and pull, the will they or won't they, were an afterthought. Something to create a tension but not enough to care if the romance developed or not.

There were so many times I was on the verge of DNF but I just had this small in hope in me, that I'd find something I really enjoyed.

queencleo's review against another edition

DNF
Steam on a spaceship?
I get that this is kind of a steam punk space adventure but... Intergalactic boilers?? Defies physics and chemistry and not in an interesting way