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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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
I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick and compelling read. My greatest quibble with it is the fact that the blurb is misleading. While nothing in the blurb is untrue, it implies a totally different story from the one that unfolds. If you are looking for a plot-forward, humanity against the aliens kind of book, you will be disappointed. Instead, this book has a balance of plot and character driven elements, and is much more an examination of emotions, family, “otherness”, and the importance and power of love in our lives.
Really enjoyed the first act, but it’s gotten a bit slow. May pick up again later
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
This is a dystopian futuristic novel where the remnant of humanity has been forced to live in Antarctica because of an alien invasion. 👽 As the people try to function in the extreme cold, they start using genetic engineering to create a strain of people that can both survive and thrive. Although there are parts of this book that I really enjoyed (almost an action movie in my head as I read), the ending fell short for me. I think I just wanted more of a definite. (And yes, that sentence is indicative of how I felt!) However, the generic engineering part reminded me of the ethics I struggled with that took me out of science as a field and I think this book is great for discussion.
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Reads as though the author wrote it with a copy of atlas obscura in one hand. It would have been better if they had read a little social theory instead. By the time you suspended disbelief about all the big and little things in this story that make no sense or have no explicable place, there’s very little left.
Usually what I like about Sci fi is what structure and the world building reveal or highlight about the world we’re already in. This book reveals very, very little about the world while exposing quite a lot about the author, and most of it does reveal I found either tedious or embarrassing.
Usually what I like about Sci fi is what structure and the world building reveal or highlight about the world we’re already in. This book reveals very, very little about the world while exposing quite a lot about the author, and most of it does reveal I found either tedious or embarrassing.