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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
I love this book. Each world in the Loop was so different and well created. I loved exploring with the characters.
This ended up being slightly less cliched than I expected.
Defy the Stars is action packed from the opening chapter straight through to the end. The book starts in the middle of a war and takes place over the course of a couple of weeks. The two main characters Noemi and Abel are instantly likable, flawed in their own ways and very real.
I love the different worlds and how it related to conversations we are having now about the viability of our planet.
My only complaint was that it could not last longer. I wanted more within this world, including prequels about the first war and lots after. The ending was both satisfying and not, there definitely needs to be more.
Claudia Gray wrote my two favorite Star Wars books, and is becoming one of my favorite sci-fi writers.
I love the different worlds and how it related to conversations we are having now about the viability of our planet.
My only complaint was that it could not last longer. I wanted more within this world, including prequels about the first war and lots after. The ending was both satisfying and not, there definitely needs to be more.
Claudia Gray wrote my two favorite Star Wars books, and is becoming one of my favorite sci-fi writers.
Soooo Goooood!!
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I think I should have known there would be a problem when the book just starts off with one of the characters (Noemi) going into why her planet (Genesis) is at war with the planet Earth. We hear about a fatal run they are gearing up to do, Noemi worries about her best friend, and only friend it seems, and then we segue into another character (Abel) who we find out is a mech (not human, a robot without a soul or some thing).
I don't want to get into it too much cause I am ready to head home and eat my face off for Phase I of Thanksgiving 2017.
I just really didn't like this one much. We have Noemi and Abel eventually meet and they both go around realizing that they care about one another though Noemi knows it's impossible.
They also fly around to other planets and see what Earth has done to them and a resistance starting to form. I just felt like there was way too much happening here in book #1.
The writing was perfectly serviceable, I just think that things needed to be explained a lot more since the world building wasn't that great. I didn't understand a lot of things with the planets. Maybe in the next book Gray can include an illustration that shows all of the planets or something. Or a prologue that even describes how Earth started a war.
The flow was off. The first 1/3 of the book just moved slowly. And then it dragged once Noemi got into trouble (no spoilers) and a deux ex machina showed up that made me roll my eyes.
The ending also didn't work for me either. I think I was supposed to feel moved. I just don't think that we got a chance to know and even fall in like with either Abel or Noemi.
I am confused about so much that I started to make a list.
1. I still at the end do not even get why Earth started a war with Genesis.
2. I don't get how Noemi is considered human still and then it took me several chapters later that Genesis people left Earth behind to form their own colony (I think that's what happened).
3. I also don't even get why Genesis thought yes let's send children off to do a fatal run and than go yes we care about lives. It was such a contradiction. I think that Gray was trying to work a little Ender's Game in here, and it just fell flat.
4. I really don't understand how Abel was made unique from the other mechs. I am supposed to buy he has a soul or some sort of empathy? I just think it was sloppy storytelling that didn't get a chance to resonate.
I don't want to get into it too much cause I am ready to head home and eat my face off for Phase I of Thanksgiving 2017.
I just really didn't like this one much. We have Noemi and Abel eventually meet and they both go around realizing that they care about one another though Noemi knows it's impossible.
They also fly around to other planets and see what Earth has done to them and a resistance starting to form. I just felt like there was way too much happening here in book #1.
The writing was perfectly serviceable, I just think that things needed to be explained a lot more since the world building wasn't that great. I didn't understand a lot of things with the planets. Maybe in the next book Gray can include an illustration that shows all of the planets or something. Or a prologue that even describes how Earth started a war.
The flow was off. The first 1/3 of the book just moved slowly. And then it dragged once Noemi got into trouble (no spoilers) and a deux ex machina showed up that made me roll my eyes.
The ending also didn't work for me either. I think I was supposed to feel moved. I just don't think that we got a chance to know and even fall in like with either Abel or Noemi.
I am confused about so much that I started to make a list.
1. I still at the end do not even get why Earth started a war with Genesis.
2. I don't get how Noemi is considered human still and then it took me several chapters later that Genesis people left Earth behind to form their own colony (I think that's what happened).
3. I also don't even get why Genesis thought yes let's send children off to do a fatal run and than go yes we care about lives. It was such a contradiction. I think that Gray was trying to work a little Ender's Game in here, and it just fell flat.
4. I really don't understand how Abel was made unique from the other mechs. I am supposed to buy he has a soul or some sort of empathy? I just think it was sloppy storytelling that didn't get a chance to resonate.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
No
That was a very nice ride . I loved the world in this story . I loved the different concepts and that they weren't very complex. It was very vivid. At the beginning, I didn't like the writing that much but I got used to it. My problem was that the author wrote the words as a narrator but at the same time the person himself there was talking at the same time .
The characters were wonderful . I loved how Abel's character was improving. He was brilliant . I wasn't his biggest fan at first but after a time I loved him so much . I liked Noemi a lot , too . I loved how courageous she was and how practical was she was thinking. The side characters were so good ,too especially Virginia ♥.
I liked the romance in the story here a lot but what I loved more actually was that the story didn't depend only on the romance here.I loved also how Noemi loved Abel not just because of the looks or any thing but she believed in him first then started to like him.
I didn't like the ending that much
I recommend the audiobook a ton actually . I enjoyed it very much.
The characters were wonderful . I loved how Abel's character was improving. He was brilliant . I wasn't his biggest fan at first but after a time I loved him so much . I liked Noemi a lot , too . I loved how courageous she was and how practical was she was thinking. The side characters were so good ,too especially Virginia ♥.
I liked the romance in the story here a lot but what I loved more actually was that the story didn't depend only on the romance here.I loved also how Noemi loved Abel not just because of the looks or any thing but she believed in him first then started to like him.
I didn't like the ending that much
Spoiler
I liked that Abel wasn't dead for sure but wanted the ending to be more interestingI recommend the audiobook a ton actually . I enjoyed it very much.