Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

3 reviews

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

local_hat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

5.0

Absolutely did not go where I expected it to. And there were so many satisfying "oh SHIT" moments. Really excellent. It very much starts slow, and you catch yourself wondering why so much of the stuff that's in there is in there, and then the last third is SO fast, and so much "oh MY GOD!!" as the pieces start falling.  It will be very interesting to see where the next book goes.

Also I very intensely love the cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Racism, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Murder, and Medical content

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