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katievh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Ableism, Violence, and Alcohol
Minor: Classism
laurareads87's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Ableism, Sexism, and Classism
Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
e_flah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Murder
kponturo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Murder and Violence
athryn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Chronic illness, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma
Minor: Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
katjonzz's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Death
Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence
Minor: Police brutality
owredya's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Violence
Minor: Kidnapping and Sexism
displacedcactus's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Your enjoyment of this book will probably be largely influenced by how you feel about ultra-wealthy characters. Tesla Crane is the heir to a major tech company, off on a luxurious cruise with her new husband, a retired private detective. She definitely uses her wealth, privilege, and high-powered lawyer as a bludgeon throughout the story.
That said, Tesla is also disabled. A terrible accident left her with a spine held together by pins and rods, chronic pain, reduced mobility, and PTSD. The author has extrapolated from current scientific advancements to come up with some ideas with how Tesla would manage these in a futuristic setting. She also has a very cute service dog.
I appreciate that this book presents a queernorm future, with gay couples and non-binary people present throughout the ship, and normalization of sharing pronouns.
As always, I like how Kowal writes established couples, giving us a strong central relationship that underpins the story, without needing to develop a romance alongside a plot.
Tesla and her husband Shal have some charged banter and clearly have a healthy sex life, but there's no explicit on-page love scenes. I'd say this probably falls at the mild end of a PG-13.
Moderate: Medical trauma and Violence
Minor: Ableism
kiaras's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Chronic illness, Violence, and Ableism
Minor: Suicide and Classism
uranaishi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Police brutality, Sexual content, Violence, Ableism, Medical content, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Outing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Stalking, Vomit, Child death, Death of parent, Self harm, and Misogyny