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tregina's review against another edition
4.0
Really impressed with the ways that I was enveloped by the world and drawn into the story, dropped right into the deep end but nonetheless never feeling like I wouldn't be given the tools to understand what was happening. I have a lot of thoughts I need to let simmer a little before I try to articulate them, starting with the fact that it quickly becomes clear we're asked to identify with the oppressors in these particular conflicts, so hopefully I'll remember to come back and delve a little deeper into that.
polarbear2023's review
Gave it a shot it was nice military writing but geniniynely way too much info like chill out
jesshaleth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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? It's complicated
3.25
I understood about 65% of this book. Read 100% of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Gore
Moderate: Confinement, Child death, and Rape
queenofglitches's review
Third attempt and I cannot connect with the writing style. Tried Yoon Ha Lee before and while he has interesting ideas, the execution usually doesn't gel with me.
galexywitch's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- 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
3.5
searobin's review against another edition
I like being dropped into a world, but not like this. I need something, literally anything, to orient my understanding of the world/universe around and this just gave me nothing to cling to. I'm willing to work for a book, but not without reward; this has been a fruitless slog thus far, and I won't waste my time on something for so little gratification.
outcolder's review
4.0
I might be way off here, but ... if faster than light travel is only possible by manipulating socially constructed concepts of time, and a byproduct of that is a range of weapons that only function within a bubble of altered physics made possible by the same social time-system, then an empire would require tighter and tighter hierarchy to have control over that time-concept. Over that background we get a story about ghostly possession, a me-too plot twist, some AI moralizing and enough world-building to inspire a massive RPG. Or not. But that’s more or less how it took shape in my head. Any book with this much mumbo jumbo is open to miles of interpretation. I’ll be looking for more.