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avialaeleigh's review
- 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
Also M-bot is the fucking best. The gives me the same energy as Moanas grandmother and Rafiki from the Lion King. For an AI alien spaceship he is fucking hilarious. He doesn't make any sense like 90% of the time, in the best ways possible. He's like an angsty teen and a crotchety old man all at the same time.
I think the two biggest growths we see in this book comes from Spensa and Jorgen. We get to see Spensa figure out everything that happened to her father and why her family has been treated the way that they have for the past 10 years but we also see her grow into herself and become better, not only for herself but also for her crew. One the other hand we see Jorgen go from a stuck up elite deserving of the name Jerkface so a repectible flightleader who puts his crew above himself and makes sure to his best ability that he won't lose another crew member and making sure that every one of his crew is the best that they can be even if it means that he has to do his own training after classes are out for the day during his free time. You can also see the change in him as at first when the crew first started using Jrrkface as his callsign he fought it and was being a prideful elitist asshole about it and going to Cobb to try and get them to stop but towards the end he is starting to accept it and you don't really see him making a fuss about it anymore.
While the deaths of their crewmates are sad, and the ones that chose to leave are also a sad in their own way. I don't think that the ones that are still there would be where they are without them. As sad as it might sound I think it made them all better in the end.
Also doomslug is 100% the best character. I cannot wait to dive into the next book in this series.
Graphic: War, Classism, Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death of parent
cookiecat73's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Classism, War, and Death
Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Body horror, and Vomit
Minor: Ableism and Fire/Fire injury
traceyanderson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Classism, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
lakinglaze's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and War
mandaraffe's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, War, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Death, and Classism
Moderate: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death
themoodreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent