Reviews

The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey

sesquipedalian's review against another edition

4.0

I found this book to be unexpectedly clumsy in its narrative. Although there is a story, it seems unsure what story it wants to tell. In addition, the time jumps are done in a confusing way. There are no segues to help transition from one scene to another. It's also difficult to tell how long each scene is in standard time (how they record time) for example the part with Kira took 3 years yet this was said at the end of the partnership and i wouldn't have thought from the prose that that much time had elapsed, I'd thought of it more like a few months.

This book was almost like a book of connected novellas rather than a book on its own.

You can separate the book into:
1) Prologue: Helva's history and growing up years until she becomes a qualified brainship
2) Novella 1: Jennan
3) Novella 2: Theoda and helping the plague survivors
4) Novella 3: Kira, the Stork deliveries and eliminating 732 (Lia)
5) Novella 4: The Actors visit Beta Corvi
6) Novella 5: Teron and the shipnapping
7) Epilogue: Payout, Niall and a new mission

kansass's review against another edition

3.0

Dentro de: "Mujeres y maravillas" (The New Women of Wonder)

courtvaderbooks's review against another edition

challenging

1.0

casimiera's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

leticiatoraci's review against another edition

3.0

I think the ideas in this book were probably ground breaking when it was written(?). I could not tough get invested enough in the story.

serenedancer's review against another edition

3.0

While I normally love McCaffrey's work I wasn't the greatest fan of this book. I found the character development slightly lacking and I just didn't love the characters as much as I do in her Pern series. It might just be me but I wasn't the biggest fan of this book.

k_a_y_16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

mmhhbean's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

una_10bananas's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• 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

bookbrig's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

First, the cover is so great. SO GREAT. Secondly, she's a spaceship! This book makes being a spaceship sound pretty fantastic. And apparently, that's all I need in a book to keep me entertained.