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audc's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
It’s the way men write women in fiction for me.
I thought this book was achieving amazing concept of gender neutral, gender-fluid space or a hypothetical people.
The end just made it seem like a big defense for the authors’ opinions and paint the character out to be cool.
But the ending…geez …GEEZ
Originally the world and language used is rich once you get into all the names.
I almost recommended this because of the fun concept of a world where the precedent language was Spanglish. I cannot tell whether to natives it is well carried out but it is by far the best example I’ve read.
Fair warning (didn’t bother me)
no chapters.
Long irrelevant prattle (clearly a narcissistic character)
More Complains
The plot is everywhere and sometimes there
I do not understand why two highly skilled sentient “females” would want to be anywhere near this human
They were literally diplomats leading peace talks for their entire people.
The conclusion of which makes no sense
The extensive accounts of being inside digestive tracks…maybe a fascination of the author.
I thought this book was achieving amazing concept of gender neutral, gender-fluid space or a hypothetical people.
The end just made it seem like a big defense for the authors’ opinions and paint the character out to be cool.
But the ending…geez …GEEZ
Originally the world and language used is rich once you get into all the names.
I almost recommended this because of the fun concept of a world where the precedent language was Spanglish. I cannot tell whether to natives it is well carried out but it is by far the best example I’ve read.
Fair warning (didn’t bother me)
no chapters.
Long irrelevant prattle (clearly a narcissistic character)
More Complains
The plot is everywhere and sometimes there
I do not understand why two highly skilled sentient “females” would want to be anywhere near this human
Content Warnings
Graphic: Excrement
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Minor: Islamophobia, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Cursing, Homophobia, and Sexism
seedssown's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Had so much potential! It could have been a fun, unique, space adventure with a veterinarian biologist that took care of giant alien animals, where every space species speaks a sort of Spanglish, but alas, the author decided that all the take home messages of the book were incredibly sexist. (A paraphrased excerpt from the book: what good is a woman without her most valuable opening?)... The "happy ending" was that two super-hot women lost their incredibly important positions/jobs and were essentially banned from their homeworlds, so they went back to work for him, where all 3 had lots of sex, which is great for the main character, since one only wants to give oral sex to him really so he only has to please the other woman . So that was disappointing.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexism
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