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bunnybookslife's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
My first ebook ever! I am so excited to finally have a "Kindle"!! <3
I won this in a Storygraph giveaway by accident kinda? So I had no idea what it was, no clue. But I had an alright time with it. Nothing too interesting. But I enjoyed it more because of the Kindle experience I think. SO MUCH FUN. The book tho? Meh, its not really my type of genre, but still very happy that I got to read it. :)
I won this in a Storygraph giveaway by accident kinda? So I had no idea what it was, no clue. But I had an alright time with it. Nothing too interesting. But I enjoyed it more because of the Kindle experience I think. SO MUCH FUN. The book tho? Meh, its not really my type of genre, but still very happy that I got to read it. :)
zanosgood's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
azuoliukas_wordpress_com's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
I won this book on The StoryGraph giveaway.
It started so well i thought i found a rare gem in the sea of mediocre self published novels. Thus my disappointment was even bigger when from a slow paced, low stakes, well written interpersonal drama there was an abrupt switch to a bloody gore etc at around 20%. I wanted to dnf every time Baboon with a gun was speaking, but eventually I learned to skip those pages. Later I started to skip all action scenes as well. Lots of stress, plenty of meaningless deaths, no progress in the story or the main mystery.
But eventually I did finish even though I didn't like the ending at all.
If I had to compare to another book that would be "Wool". Similar writing quality, similar character development, similar stakes and resolution.
I could ramble on but that would be of no use to anyone.
It started so well i thought i found a rare gem in the sea of mediocre self published novels. Thus my disappointment was even bigger when from a slow paced, low stakes, well written interpersonal drama there was an abrupt switch to a bloody gore etc at around 20%. I wanted to dnf every time Baboon with a gun was speaking, but eventually I learned to skip those pages. Later I started to skip all action scenes as well. Lots of stress, plenty of meaningless deaths, no progress in the story or the main mystery.
But eventually I did finish even though I didn't like the ending at all.
If I had to compare to another book that would be "Wool". Similar writing quality, similar character development, similar stakes and resolution.
I could ramble on but that would be of no use to anyone.
heatherllama's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
3.5
emory's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book very succinctly presents the whisperings of intriguing ideas, fun characters, and thrilling action scenes, but then doesn't develop nearly any of them to a satisfying point. The writing style was very much not my thing either. It felt, other than the gruesome deaths, like a middle grade read in both plot points and writing. I was very disappointed, because I feel like it was interweaving some really strong and interesting themes and ideas, but then just didnt have to strength to carry them.
I'm also undecided on whether or not the "aliens" being human ancestors and the simulation point were fun and bold developments or just kind of silly (with some weird implications that I also would've liked more exploration into by the narrative itself?) I'm also deeply ambivalent to that super grim ending. I'm not opposed to sad or hopeless endings and can see why the author would wrap it up in this way, but it felt all wrong for this particular story!
A decent enough sci-fi romp, but not a favorite.
A decent enough sci-fi romp, but not a favorite.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Gore
soog's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
saeruh's review
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
2.0
This was messy and disjointed to me. There was way too many characters, most of whom were only introduced by name and with no physical description so they all just sorta ended up being blobs in my head. Schuler tried to use the pure amount of the characters as a way to show how dangerous/deadly the planets they were taken to were but that led to more than often not empty feeling deaths. I also thought the more main characters would change their attitudes/morals pretty quickly so once again none of them stood out from each other.
The action parts - which was done often in the narrative - were quite hard to follow. This was especially prevalent in the last few chapters where I basically felt like I was on a damn rollercoaster with no seatbelt (and i hate rollercoasters).
There was some good philosophical questions asked in this (when food becomes scarce, how quickly will we turn on each other? Is it worth it to go back to Earth when it will end up taking more lives/resources than what you started out with?). I liked Kiki and Row’s adolescent adoring romance. It had a complex father/son relationship. But ultimately this all fell flat to me. Maybe if there wasn’t so much needless death that accomplished little or if the heroes hadn’t gotten their ‘happy ending’, I would have liked it better.
I believe I won this book in a storygraph giveaway. All opinions are mine and my mine own.
The action parts - which was done often in the narrative - were quite hard to follow. This was especially prevalent in the last few chapters where I basically felt like I was on a damn rollercoaster with no seatbelt (and i hate rollercoasters).
There was some good philosophical questions asked in this (when food becomes scarce, how quickly will we turn on each other? Is it worth it to go back to Earth when it will end up taking more lives/resources than what you started out with?). I liked Kiki and Row’s adolescent adoring romance. It had a complex father/son relationship. But ultimately this all fell flat to me. Maybe if there wasn’t so much needless death that accomplished little or if the heroes hadn’t gotten their ‘happy ending’, I would have liked it better.
I believe I won this book in a storygraph giveaway. All opinions are mine and my mine own.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Death
Minor: Blood, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
sarahnreads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
susana82's review
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I wanted to like this more, because the general idea for the story is pretty interesting. To have a group of humans on board of a spaceship that they need to learn how to use, while they are drifting from location to location without any control; that sounds pretty cool. The issue with the story were the characters. They lacked depth and/or were total clichés. Wall the typical rough strong kind of man with few words to spare. Cora the cold icy CEO. Christopher a military from the Air Force as much of an idiot as idiots can be. And all of the sudden he decides he is going to be less idiot just because he is given apologies. Row, the annoying teen that has issues with daddy. And not even the relationship between these people are believable. One moment Wall and Cora hate each other's guts, and all of the sudden they want to have a piece of each other... out of nowhere. Not very believable. Characters definitely need to be better built, but the base idea was pretty cool, and that ending allow us to have a preview of the big trouble that is coming.
bezzarina's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75