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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ok, third book of Scalzi’s now that I’ve read in the past three months and I. am. all. in. for. Scalzi.
I haven’t read a lot of space/interplanetary/other-worldly type of sci-fi, so I was slightly iffy about the premise at first. The thought of reading about ewok-like creatures, and then just simply another Scalzi book just kept me intrigued.
Completely satisified with my decision b/c this book was just fun and very interesting in its world-building and fantastically written array of characters.
I’ve said it in my two other reviews: Scalzi has such a way with conversation and speech with his characters. The court scenes were magnificent and soooo utterly satisfying.
The way this story played out was just perfect. Just read it!
I haven’t read a lot of space/interplanetary/other-worldly type of sci-fi, so I was slightly iffy about the premise at first. The thought of reading about ewok-like creatures, and then just simply another Scalzi book just kept me intrigued.
Completely satisified with my decision b/c this book was just fun and very interesting in its world-building and fantastically written array of characters.
I’ve said it in my two other reviews: Scalzi has such a way with conversation and speech with his characters. The court scenes were magnificent and soooo utterly satisfying.
The way this story played out was just perfect. Just read it!
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
I'm not really appreciating this book. I respect that it is an update of an older story, and some of the bones of that older story are frustrating me. That plus earlier versions of details used in The Kaiju Preservation Society that keep throwing me out of the story, the somewhat wooden characters, and I've ground through the last ten pages and decided that if I'd rather read something else, I should read something else. I'll come back to this some other time, when I can deal with USian corporate dystopia.
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
A little more emotional than Starter Villain, Kaiju Preservation Society, and Redshirts but still very, very good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Xenophobia, Police brutality
If you’re like me and need to prepare for animal injury or death, here you go:
Dog: Carl is fine.
Fuzzies: Pinto and Baby die and it is graphically explained in Chapter 20. There is a recap later that is much less graphic if you need to skip the initial part.