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bigteo's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Oh my god. I LOVE this book! I love it so much, if anyone’s reading my review stop what you’re doing and go read it I BEG.
I’m not too great at writing positive reviews. It’s much easier (and more fun) to pick apart things and criticise them. So what I’ll do instead is address my thoughts on some criticisms I’ve seen in some reviews.
Firstly, I’ve seen people say that they could not understand the science talk in this book, even to the point of DNF-ing. I understand that some people struggle with this and I’m not here to argue with that or call anyone stupid or something. I will simply say that in my opinion, you don’t really HAVE to understand the science side of it. I don’t really get the specifics of how a centrifuge works, but the book explains that it affects gravity, and why that’s important to the characters, and therefore that’s the all information you really need. I feel like the author does a great job at “dumbing” down concepts like these but also explaining how it works and why it’s relevant. For example, I don’t fully understand time dilation. I’m not a scientist, I don’t have a phd in anything. But I understand that going near the speed of light means that relative time to you is, like, longer to someone on earth. That’s all I need. And it makes sense for the character to explain that to you. He’s a scientist himself, why wouldn’t he? He also has amnesia, and he’s trying to piece together what’s going on at the same pace as the reader. It doesn’t take me out of the story at all, in fact, it makes me feel really interested. I personally really enjoy learning alongside reading. Maybe it’s a personal preference but it makes me really appreciate how much time and research the author has obviously put into the story.
Another criticism I’ve seen floating around is that the female antagonist character is sexist. Well, yeah, she’s an antagonist, and she’s called out on it? It doesn’t really matter. This book doesn’t really have a diverse cast of characters because, by nature of the plot, it can’t. So I’m not too bothered about that. The characters that do exist (especially a certain character that appears in the second half of the book) have excellent dialogue.
So there are some slight criticisms I have. Maybe the main character IS a bit bland, and that’s probably because book is in first person, which isn’t my cup of tea. And for the first half of the novel, the main character has no-one to say anything to. Those things are literally the only thing I can say that are even remotely negative.
Aside from that, the book literally made me cry at the end and books don’t often do that to me. I am IN LOVE with a certain character that appears in the second half. The book just gets better and better as you read on.
I’m not too great at writing positive reviews. It’s much easier (and more fun) to pick apart things and criticise them. So what I’ll do instead is address my thoughts on some criticisms I’ve seen in some reviews.
Firstly, I’ve seen people say that they could not understand the science talk in this book, even to the point of DNF-ing. I understand that some people struggle with this and I’m not here to argue with that or call anyone stupid or something. I will simply say that in my opinion, you don’t really HAVE to understand the science side of it. I don’t really get the specifics of how a centrifuge works, but the book explains that it affects gravity, and why that’s important to the characters, and therefore that’s the all information you really need. I feel like the author does a great job at “dumbing” down concepts like these but also explaining how it works and why it’s relevant. For example, I don’t fully understand time dilation. I’m not a scientist, I don’t have a phd in anything. But I understand that going near the speed of light means that relative time to you is, like, longer to someone on earth. That’s all I need. And it makes sense for the character to explain that to you. He’s a scientist himself, why wouldn’t he? He also has amnesia, and he’s trying to piece together what’s going on at the same pace as the reader. It doesn’t take me out of the story at all, in fact, it makes me feel really interested. I personally really enjoy learning alongside reading. Maybe it’s a personal preference but it makes me really appreciate how much time and research the author has obviously put into the story.
Another criticism I’ve seen floating around is that the female antagonist character is sexist. Well, yeah, she’s an antagonist, and she’s called out on it? It doesn’t really matter. This book doesn’t really have a diverse cast of characters because, by nature of the plot, it can’t. So I’m not too bothered about that. The characters that do exist (especially a certain character that appears in the second half of the book) have excellent dialogue.
So there are some slight criticisms I have. Maybe the main character IS a bit bland, and that’s probably because book is in first person, which isn’t my cup of tea. And for the first half of the novel, the main character has no-one to say anything to. Those things are literally the only thing I can say that are even remotely negative.
Aside from that, the book literally made me cry at the end and books don’t often do that to me. I am IN LOVE with a certain character that appears in the second half. The book just gets better and better as you read on.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
tarynlannister's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Excrement, and Grief
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
longtallemm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved this so much ❤️❤️❤️
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
ruthypoo2's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Injury/Injury detail
ncoletti's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
cavallonee's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail
edgaranjapoe's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement and Death
Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and War
evavstheworld's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
lanyamkelly's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
relaxing
medium-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? N/A
3.75
the book was truly good and i loved that regardless of all the science i didn't understand it kept me super engaged. i didn't love the ending i felt like there could've been more done but it was still enjoyable and super cute!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
melchior's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War