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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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
To be honest, I wasn't 100% sure going into this book. It almost sounded too "romance-y" and I wasn't sure I bought the premise.
Guess what?
I loved it.
First off, the author keeps you on your toes from Chapter 1 all the way to the end. There is always a new bit of trouble Noemi and Abel have managed to get themselves into, all with a timer ticking down on them and galaxies still to cross. The worlds in this story, including Earth, all have their own unique personality. Noemi has a moral dilemma that she struggles with more and more as the story goes on, and even the super-mech Abel can't calculate the right answer.
And even the romance bit works. I won't give away the ending, but I will say it surprised me.
Really a great story, and I'm not going to tackle the sequels just yet, but I'm excited to come back to this series!
Guess what?
I loved it.
First off, the author keeps you on your toes from Chapter 1 all the way to the end. There is always a new bit of trouble Noemi and Abel have managed to get themselves into, all with a timer ticking down on them and galaxies still to cross. The worlds in this story, including Earth, all have their own unique personality. Noemi has a moral dilemma that she struggles with more and more as the story goes on, and even the super-mech Abel can't calculate the right answer.
And even the romance bit works. I won't give away the ending, but I will say it surprised me.
Really a great story, and I'm not going to tackle the sequels just yet, but I'm excited to come back to this series!
adventurous
sad
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
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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:
Complicated
This book was everything! It gave me everything I wanted from a sci-fi: an adventure across the stars to different worlds in an effort to complete a planet-saving mission, reflections on what it means to be human and what makes us human, along with the exploration of a developing romance.
Claudia Gray is such a great writer! I loved this book and cannot wait for more in this series. I'm so glad I got this one in my April Uppercase box. Worth every penny.
This book is everything I love about scifi. Earth as the bad guy, after destroying our planet and colonizing others. Questions of personhood and sentience when AIs are part organic and very advanced but are still compelled to follow programming. At what point of consciousness does an AI become a person? Excellent characters to root for and fall in love with. A villain who has done both wonderful and terrible things. I only knew Claudia Gray for her Star Wars novels like Bloodline, but this original work is fantastic. It’s technically YA just because the MCs are/appear to be teenagers, but it doesn’t read like one at all. I’m jumping straight to the next book in the trilogy. Fyi I didn’t love the audio, I preferred reading it as an ebook.
After I finished Claudia's Firebird trilogy and fell in love with her writing, I knew that I had to read whatever book she came out with next. She did not disappoint me with Defy the Stars! Claudia Gray is a genius when it comes to writing sci-fi!
I loved this book! From the very first pages the book starts off right in the middle of the action. What was meant to be a routine mission to scout for issues that could be solved before the real mission was to take place takes a turn. The enemy begins shooting at the pilots from Genesis. I loved being thrown right into the action because it started off the book with a bang. I know that the length of the book might be a problem for some readers but I found that the pacing and story were so well thought out and interesting that I didn't mind the length.
I loved both of the main characters so much! They were alike in a lot of ways even though physically they were extremely different. They each found that they were lonely which I think was because those around them couldn't completely understand them. Abel and Noemi each had very strong personalities and were afraid to show their weaknesses to the other. They are each soldiers in their own right but appear to almost be fighting different wars.
I found it interesting to ponder the question of what makes someone human. Is it the ability to feel and express emotions? Having organs? Agency? There were many other questions that this book posed but humanity seemed to be the main one.
Claudia Gray wrote a captivating world that I got lost in. I found it so interesting but scary at the same time. I could see the world potentially going in a direction that this book does. I think that is another reason why I liked the book so much. It was realistic and believable.
My only wish is that there would have been more of a conclusion at the end rather than what felt a bit like a cliff hanger. it felt a bit anti-climatic but I suppose the author needed another sequel to be able to wrap the story up the way that she wanted to. I know now that this is going to be a duology so the ending of the book makes more sense to me. I have to admit that even though this book was 500 pages I wanted more so I'm so glad that there will be another book.
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I loved this book! From the very first pages the book starts off right in the middle of the action. What was meant to be a routine mission to scout for issues that could be solved before the real mission was to take place takes a turn. The enemy begins shooting at the pilots from Genesis. I loved being thrown right into the action because it started off the book with a bang. I know that the length of the book might be a problem for some readers but I found that the pacing and story were so well thought out and interesting that I didn't mind the length.
I loved both of the main characters so much! They were alike in a lot of ways even though physically they were extremely different. They each found that they were lonely which I think was because those around them couldn't completely understand them. Abel and Noemi each had very strong personalities and were afraid to show their weaknesses to the other. They are each soldiers in their own right but appear to almost be fighting different wars.
I found it interesting to ponder the question of what makes someone human. Is it the ability to feel and express emotions? Having organs? Agency? There were many other questions that this book posed but humanity seemed to be the main one.
Claudia Gray wrote a captivating world that I got lost in. I found it so interesting but scary at the same time. I could see the world potentially going in a direction that this book does. I think that is another reason why I liked the book so much. It was realistic and believable.
My only wish is that there would have been more of a conclusion at the end rather than what felt a bit like a cliff hanger. it felt a bit anti-climatic but I suppose the author needed another sequel to be able to wrap the story up the way that she wanted to. I know now that this is going to be a duology so the ending of the book makes more sense to me. I have to admit that even though this book was 500 pages I wanted more so I'm so glad that there will be another book.
https://fictionedtodeath.blogspot.com/