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These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs

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entropyseeker's review

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adventurous dark slow-paced

3.75

This book was so immensely slow, I didn't start actually being interested in the book until 60% of the way in, though it is a sci-fi novel so that's usually the case. While the first half was confusing with all the time skips, and it was a lot of world building, gore, violence, the last quarter of the book was rather great and built up to quite a few surprising twists that left me gaping. Will still read the second part of the trilogy. Definitely read the content warnings. Not for the front of heart.
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brooke_city's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was really, really good! The kind of space opera I've been looking for. Lots of action and political machinations with female and NB characters. Esek was a perfect villain to hate. She reminded me of Cersei from GoT.

I'm only deducting a star bc I feel there wasn't an adequate explanation as to why (how?) the memory coin mattered. We know it's bad, but what does it mean? I had to read thru some reviews for an explanation, and they mostly give broad strokes
about the genocide.
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The time jumps can be confusing, esp when listening to the audiobook (as I did). I didn't realize there were time jumps until one of the explosions.

The ending got hectic,
esp at the reveal that Six had been masquerading as Esek for some time. I thought Six was Lys. Many new characters were introduced, and I don't entirely trust The Wheel.


Looking forward to the next one.
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