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adoboros's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal death
cookiecat73's review
adventurous
informative
reflective
fast-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
Loved this!! I had a couple of nitpicks, but overall I thought it was great, the main thing I want to be different is that I would have liked it to have been longer, it didn't even need to have extra plot thrown in, I just liked reading about these characters and this world
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Cursing, and Medical content
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Grief
Minor: Blood, Death, War, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Excrement, and Sexual content
purplepenning's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Hope isn’t about predicting the future; it’s about how you approach it.
A blend of hard science fiction, philosophy, and ethics that can be read as either hopepunk or horror — much like the great classic science fiction stories.
Chambers is one of my favorite authors, but this is probably my least favorite of their writings. It has the well-written, quietly thoughtful characters and situations that I love, but there's also some sort of vaguely melancholy and threatening personal academic association with it that kept me from really connecting. Obviously, authors can't account for a reader's vague, personal associations, so that's entirely on me.
It is difficult to give thought to the stars when the ground is swallowing you up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Confinement
sproutedpages's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Confinement
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
sektaufeis's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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
4.5
Ich habs wieder mal geliebt - wie alle Becky Chambers Bücher. Sehr wholesome und toller Stil, gutes world und character building. (:
Es geht auch mehr um Wissenschaft, was ich toll fand!
Warnung abstrakter Spoiler als content note : Stimmung wird sehr negativ ab bzw. vor allem in Kapitel 3 , es geht dabei auch um Depression, Suizidgedanken
Es geht auch mehr um Wissenschaft, was ich toll fand!
Warnung abstrakter Spoiler als content note : Stimmung wird sehr negativ ab bzw. vor allem in
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Confinement
Minor: Alcohol
lynxpardinus's review
adventurous
emotional
reflective
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Animal death
Minor: War and Ableism
Suicide attempt warming is just in case.gracek67's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Confinement
Moderate: Sexual content and Animal death
mleiv's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Suicide attempt
karmapen's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical content
glitterdeww's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Overall, I was really hoping that this novella would be more than what it turned out to be. I don't think I disliked it... but man, I just wanted it to give something different.
(Also, trigger warning that "the dog dies in this one." Even if that doesn't make sense, you'll understand when you get there. I hadn't seen that mentioned so... Fair warning.)
The best thing I took from this story was absolutely the world building. Sometimes there was a lot of exposition, and in those sections I lost some interest, but the descriptions of space exploration in this story were very beautiful... The negatives for me personally were how thin the plot and characters were laid out. I know this is a short story, so there wasn't as much time for them... but they still felt very lacking. I feel like Chambers wanted this to be a more philosophical story about the nature of science and it's impact on human history, but it was a bit of a slog to get through for me.
(Also, trigger warning that "the dog dies in this one." Even if that doesn't make sense, you'll understand when you get there. I hadn't seen that mentioned so... Fair warning.)
The best thing I took from this story was absolutely the world building. Sometimes there was a lot of exposition, and in those sections I lost some interest, but the descriptions of space exploration in this story were very beautiful... The negatives for me personally were how thin the plot and characters were laid out. I know this is a short story, so there wasn't as much time for them... but they still felt very lacking. I feel like Chambers wanted this to be a more philosophical story about the nature of science and it's impact on human history, but it was a bit of a slog to get through for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death