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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
challenging
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
great set of characters, novel plot and entertaining as always. I much enjoyed my time with this second book. I really loved all the parallels there are with the current political landscape and the social commentary on all our still ongoing problems like racism, the patriarchy, feminism, capitalism and even climate change. Great stuff, as I've come to expect from Tchaikovsky.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
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
What does it mean to be alive, conscious, intelligent, committed, loyal, complacent, independent? How much agency do you want, need, deserve? What is a person?
This is not a book about what is right or wrong, but rather how one develops their own moral compass and how it's subject to change.
Following in the wake of the world coming to grips with the reveal of artificially created life in the form of genetically engineered Bioforms, we find several characters from the previous novel back in the dreaded spotlight of legislation.
New political forces are recycling old fear mongering with different names and acting with all the immunity afforded by private equity and charisma to fund terrifying new ventures.
Bioforms are under threat of endentured servitude, while a group of willing and misled participants undergo body alteration surgeries to work on building a new city on Mars. Something extra is added and left vacant I each of them, to be used at a later time. Jimmy Marten finds out sooner than most when he suddenly finds his head has another voice.
This is not a book about what is right or wrong, but rather how one develops their own moral compass and how it's subject to change.
Following in the wake of the world coming to grips with the reveal of artificially created life in the form of genetically engineered Bioforms, we find several characters from the previous novel back in the dreaded spotlight of legislation.
New political forces are recycling old fear mongering with different names and acting with all the immunity afforded by private equity and charisma to fund terrifying new ventures.
Bioforms are under threat of endentured servitude, while a group of willing and misled participants undergo body alteration surgeries to work on building a new city on Mars. Something extra is added and left vacant I each of them, to be used at a later time. Jimmy Marten finds out sooner than most when he suddenly finds his head has another voice.
adventurous
dark
inspiring
reflective
tense
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Excellent follow on from Dogs of War, perhaps a little more contemplative over moral issues of control and slavery but plenty of action and occasional sly humour.
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A typical Tchaikovsky sequel which continues the story in a really natural way but uses it to explore new themes and ideas. I particularly liked the deeper exploration of civil rights.
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No