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micheala's review
We then get a ship with a few thousand of the remaining humans centuries later, travelling through space (in stais) in the hopes of finding a new home.
The planet they do eventually arrive at was supposed to be an experiment to "speed run" evolution and create new humans from monkeys + an engineered virus. However, those monkeys died being sent to the planet, and giant senteant insects evolve instead.
Cool right? I had a few quibbles with the spider sections (they don't know what humans/earth is, and they don't know about the virus let alone how it functions, so stop talking about it in the narrative portions of their sections; and I was kinda disappointed that their society also was fundamentally sexist and pretty much a 1:1 of humans in the medial ages in terms of society)
The humans finally get onto the planet, and we get drop kicked into full on horror, specifically graphic body horror. So I noped out of a story I was otherwise enjoying at 37%
If you're cool with horror, I'm guessing this book is going to continue to play with some really interesting ideas, however as someone who cannot deal with horror, it's a DNF for me.
Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Sexism
cirrusfloccus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Die anderen 50% sind Menschen auf einem Raumschiff, die versuchen eine neue Erde zu finden. Am Anfang dachte ich noch, sie werden mit den Spinnen interagieren, aber das tun sie nur in zwei Kapiteln des gesamten Buches. (Auch die Kurzbeschreibung ist so geschrieben, dass man denkt, dass die Menschen und die Spinnen tatsächlich interagieren werden.)
Autor: Ich will ein Buch über intelligente Spinnen schreiben!
Verlag: Okay, wenn du es SciFi machen kannst.
Autor: Ich hab eine Idee entwickelt, wie die Grundlage, warum die Spinnen intelligent sind, SciFi ist.
Verlag: Nein, wir brauchen mehr Raumschiffe! Und Krieg! Zwischen Menschen! Sonst ist es keine *echte* Science Fiction.
Enttäuschend.
Bei den Menschen sind es eher durchgängig dieselben Charaktere - aber dennoch ausgearbeitet, mit Persönlichkeiten. Man nimmt wirklich an ihrem Leben Teil - bei den Spinnen liest es sich, trotz Mühen, eher wie ein Bericht. (Alles andere halte ich aber auch für unmöglich, wenn man ständig Jahre springt.)
Sollte sich jemand, wie ich, für die Spinnen interessieren, würde ich das Buch immer noch empfehlen - ich würde nur dazu empfehlen, jedes zweite Kapitel zu überspringen.
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Cannibalism
Minor: Abortion and War
garrettrook's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: War
Minor: Genocide
vicky3's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Genocide, War, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Genocide and Religious bigotry
nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Gore, Colonisation, War, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
csangell11's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Sexism, War, Gun violence, Death, and Murder
Minor: Torture and Forced institutionalization
cookiecat73's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, War, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness
Minor: Child death, Excrement, Incest, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
mar's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: War, Death, and Confinement
Moderate: Violence and Gun violence
Minor: Ableism, Blood, and Sexism
saltycoffee's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Genocide, and War
rachel1's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Sexism, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Genocide, War, and Cannibalism
Minor: Animal death
The book contains a lot of giant spiders.