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agent_friday's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, and Blood
kshertz's review
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
After reading this as a like 3 page short story in Octavia’s brood, I wanted to get the full story. Plus I love Levar Burton. It was great as an audiobook to hear him read to me and there was a lot of special effects and mood music. It was a dark interesting story. He should revise it and re-release it. I think it would be huge. Fantastic sci fi read and it’s nice to hear levar’s prologue in the beginning updating on how he feels and views the world now compared to the world he built in the book. I enjoyed the whole adventure.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, Torture, and Trafficking
lindseythelibrarian's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Interesting Worldbuilding? Check!
Interesting characters? Check!
Typos...? Check.
Ending that left me less than satisfied? Check.
Overall, it was a good story and I definitely think Burton has talent as a writer. I think he's a deep thinker and found his perspectives interesting. I think watching a show set in this post-apocalyptic earth world would be interesting as there are elements that strongly mirror our own, though the portrayal of indigenous people would probably need to be changed.
Anyway, I am definitely glad I read this book, but I stand by my rating.
Interesting characters? Check!
Typos...? Check.
Ending that left me less than satisfied? Check.
Overall, it was a good story and I definitely think Burton has talent as a writer. I think he's a deep thinker and found his perspectives interesting. I think watching a show set in this post-apocalyptic earth world would be interesting as there are elements that strongly mirror our own, though the portrayal of indigenous people would probably need to be changed.
Anyway, I am definitely glad I read this book, but I stand by my rating.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking
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