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I sei cloni by Mur Lafferty

12 reviews

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A locked door mystery set on a spaceship? Sign me up! I loved the idea of this book, but something about it just didn't fully land for me. I struggled to feel invested in the characters and I found the dialogue really stilted in places. The backstories were interesting and it was fun seeing how all the characters were connected, but the solution to the mystery felt too quick and convenient without all the pieces feeling like they really mattered. Still a decent read with an original idea though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Murder, Suicide, Confinement, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit

j_squaredd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Ableism

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Classism, Death, Violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gore, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Vomit, and Medical trauma

kell_xavi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Lafferty introduces exciting and unique science fiction concepts to a future Earth and space mission, building tension right from the start with a thriller mystery plot. A skeleton crew with no memories, hidden crimes (even from themselves!), surrounded by blood, bodies, malfunctioning technology, and no way out. It gets somewhat dark in there even before the inevitable lights out scene, but the plot is tight and intricate, creating intrigue even where I had some hint of how things would play out. I was bothered by some scenes where the dialogue came across as contrived, and a couple of continuity errors—a character stands to make breakfast and a moment later stands to make dessert, for example, or where the action begins and ends in different rooms without transition. There were also a few loose ends that didn’t seem intentional, these nagging oversights less forgivable in a mystery plot where it’s not clear until later whether they’re flaws or clues. That said, I like the writing style, plot, pacing, layered histories, and enough of the character development (given that many are assholes). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Slavery, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism

pathyatt's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Alcohol, Violence, War, Vomit, Blood, Death, Genocide, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Murder

bbbarttt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Medical content and Vomit

hillbilly_heroine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

A perfectly-paced murder mystery on a spaceship full of clones. I was in the mood for a page-turner and this delivered. It’s the kind of mystery that’s technically possible for the reader to figure out on their own, but challenging enough that I didn’t get it entirely right. It’s also solid sci-fi, thoughtfully exploring themes around ethics and morality in a future where real death is no longer an issue for many people. Lafferty does a great job reimagining what character development might look like when the characters in question are more or less immortal. Finished it in 2 days and enjoyed every second. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Medical content, Murder, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Vomit

avishajain's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

An amazing murder mystery with a little science fiction (?) It was more like fantasy than science fiction but yeah still an amazing book. Would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit and Genocide

sarah984's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a fun little sci-fi novel about a group of clones on a space mission who awaken to discover that their previous selves have been murdered, their ship’s been sabotaged, they're outside of communication range with Earth, and they don't remember the past twenty-five years. The best parts of this book were the characters trying to piece together their relationships to one another (they've basically just met but the murder victim versions of themselves had known each other for decades), and the world-building around clones and clone related laws.

I docked a star because there are some things surrounding one of the characters’ motivations that could have been explained better and I thought the way the author handled religion was kind of weird. Overall though I would recommend if you want a fun sci-fi adventure and don't mind some gory descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Gore

Moderate: Torture and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Animal death, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Genocide