Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

5 reviews

caitlinjadams's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.5

It’s a testament only to how busy my work week was that I didn’t finish this book in two days tops. I never wanted to put it down—I kept getting more and more pulled into the story. Both the mystery and the sci-fi were firing and I enjoyed the underpinning of person-to-person connections and small worldedness. The final act felt rushed and that’s the only reason this wasn’t five stars for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Stalking, Murder, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Cancer

military, insects, sacrifice ritual, death in space

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I think there are lots of flaws in this book, some minor, some a little bigger, but oh I had so much fun with it. The main issue I had was the pacing of the plot. There was so much happening and so much chaos that I didn't get as much time with the two protagonists and the main plot. And I really wanted to spend more time with these two... I especially wanted them to spend more time together... I loved their chemistry, okay. 
Anyway, the second issue was the many, many backstories we got. They were necessary for the main plot, but at the same time distracted from it. I loved all the connections, though. 
Also loved the characters, the humor, the diversity, the many creative and unique alien species and technology, all the pop culture references that I understood because they were clearly added specifically for me, loved the twists. I even guessed some of them... by accident, I definitely didn't pay attention to the correct clues. I loved the different and complicated family and friendship dynamics. 
I don't think this book is for everyone because it really is chaotic, confusing and over the top, but it was definitely for me and I can't wait to continue the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Stalking

bugaboobear's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I was excited by the premise of this book but the execution let me down. 

The human characters were enjoyable, but there was SO much hopping between present and background for each character. It was disorienting to have no paragraph breaks or anything to let you know you're in a time jump.

The aliens were the biggest let down. There were a lot of reused tropes and the alien races all felt like things I'd seen before. They weren't fleshed out and it really felt like a story about a bunch of humans with the aliens as mostly colorful background. I wasn't very invested in the mystery either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: War, Cancer, Child abuse, Racism, and Death of parent

schnaucl's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this book.  The characters and the setting were both very interesting, the aliens were actually very alien.  

I really hope there are more books in this series

though I wonder how it will work if the station is running at normal capacity since it seems like maybe the station would know immediately who the murderer is.  Though the second epilogue suggests not, but not why the station wouldn't know since she was able to piece things together after she had a compatible host.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Medical content, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Death

huntress's review

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Fatphobia, Death, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Medical content