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atgerstner's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
shelleyannh's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
saratellmanveloz's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
4.75
Swept away. That pretty much describes my experience with this book.
I normally hate anything that sniffs of sci fi. This I loved.
I normally hate anything that sniffs of sci fi. This I loved.
rpych2's review against another edition
2.0
I was a little surprised to see how many five star ratings there were for this one because it just didn’t do it for me. The theme of climate change is super important and I thought the plot was intriguing on paper, but the way the story was written was overly confusing because of how much it jumped around. Just not for me.
katieivey's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
sentient_meat's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
richardwells's review against another edition
3.0
Here's a hugely ambitious family saga beginning on the plains of Kansas in 1873 and ending on the plains of Mars in 2073 that is as uneven as it is long. The story tracks the ecological disasters of our planet to the point where the Pacific Ocean is brushing up against the Rocky Mountains, and the Earth is not so much vanishing as it's drowning. We get to spend time on buffalo hunts, and homesteads, in a sunken New Orleans with buildings connected by rope walkways and ladders, in a hippy new Earth commune that funds a rocket to Mars (how, we don't know,) and on the Mars colony where a new breed of "human" is being born. The fiction is as unlikely as the science, and a good number of pages are worth skimming, if not skipping entirely, but there are characters, and set pieces worth the price of admission, and a premise that kept me going.
Honestly, I picked it up because I was searching for something to read, and read it through for the same reason. It's a first book, and I have hope for the author because it's truly imaginative, but I'll think twice.
Honestly, I picked it up because I was searching for something to read, and read it through for the same reason. It's a first book, and I have hope for the author because it's truly imaginative, but I'll think twice.