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adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
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
I really liked this book. It isn’t brilliant but it’s clever, funny, very entertaining, and it has a likable, resourceful main character.
I’d liked a trailer for the movie Mickey 17 and then learned it was based on a book, so of course I had to read it. It’s an interesting concept, having someone to do the dirty work and then just pop out a duplicate worker every time he dies. The intriging part is the Ship of Theseus idea (which I learned as My Grandfather’s Ax): If you replace bits of something a little at a time vs replacing the whole thing at once, is it still the same?
I especially enjoyed the history anecdotes interspersed within the story. Mickey gets obsessed with all the colonies that failed, given they only learn of the successful ones in school, and their ice world isn’t very inviting. There are the colonies that die out the first day because the environment and / or the flora and fauna are unwelcoming, the ones that die out because people tend to kill each other, and the one where oligarchs created multiples until the planet was populated only by hundreds of one sociopathic leader. What makes for a successful colony?
I’m looking forward to the sequel, and I’m really glad I found this author.
I’d liked a trailer for the movie Mickey 17 and then learned it was based on a book, so of course I had to read it. It’s an interesting concept, having someone to do the dirty work and then just pop out a duplicate worker every time he dies. The intriging part is the Ship of Theseus idea (which I learned as My Grandfather’s Ax): If you replace bits of something a little at a time vs replacing the whole thing at once, is it still the same?
I especially enjoyed the history anecdotes interspersed within the story. Mickey gets obsessed with all the colonies that failed, given they only learn of the successful ones in school, and their ice world isn’t very inviting. There are the colonies that die out the first day because the environment and / or the flora and fauna are unwelcoming, the ones that die out because people tend to kill each other, and the one where oligarchs created multiples until the planet was populated only by hundreds of one sociopathic leader. What makes for a successful colony?
I’m looking forward to the sequel, and I’m really glad I found this author.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
I'm not sure how to rate this book. It was a very quick read, and I overall enjoyed my time with it, but I wouldn't say it's a great book, y'know?
My first question is: why two narrators? The female narrator had maybe 50 lines.
I appreciate when a clone book realizes the natural conclusion is clone fucking. It's just inevitable.
My first question is: why two narrators? The female narrator had maybe 50 lines.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I did Mal Goes to War. In fact, if I’d read it first, I might never have read the other – which would have been a shame.
Some of the themes and underlying ideas are the same between the two books, though the plots are quite different. I think what made me love this one less is that the characters weren’t as rich. They were good, whereas Mal and the characters in that book were incredibly vivid and compelling.
Some of the themes and underlying ideas are the same between the two books, though the plots are quite different. I think what made me love this one less is that the characters weren’t as rich. They were good, whereas Mal and the characters in that book were incredibly vivid and compelling.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Medical content
Minor: Genocide
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved the concept and only wish that there had been more, really.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death
Minor: Sexual content, Religious bigotry
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
It was a fun little sci-fi romp, but there were definitely areas it could have been fleshed out more. I liked the premise overall- an expendable colonist on a new planetary home who has an accidental clone pop up. The MC's personality and dialogue very much reminded me of the MCs of Andy Weir's "The Martin" and "Project Hail Mary".
The science aspect of this sci-fi though was not really the main focus and only lightly touched upon or mentioned.
The ending was a bit lackluster for me. Very anticlimactic. I think had various areas of the novel been built on more, like the colonists interactions with the native life forms or Mickey's relationships with various other crewmates, the story would have felt more whole
The science aspect of this sci-fi though was not really the main focus and only lightly touched upon or mentioned.
The ending was a bit lackluster for me. Very anticlimactic. I think had various areas of the novel been built on more, like the colonists interactions with the native life forms or Mickey's relationships with various other crewmates, the story would have felt more whole
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Medical trauma
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this for book club and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.
The irreverent tone was a little disorienting at first, but as I got familiar with its rhythm, I was able to appreciate just how funny it was. Ashton puts his characters in a lot of absurd situations, and gives Mickey a strong voice that reflects on this absurdity with humour without it becoming grating.
I also really enjoyed philosophy was constantly threaded throughout the book. Mickey7 is such an appealing character that I bought into his existential conundrums and enjoyed untangling them with him. Overall the philosophical concepts were introduced in ways that felt natural and approachable, without being too preachy (although the repeated references to the Ship of Theseus started to overdo it).
The one thing I would ding the book on is that I struggled to understand the motivations of the female characters. While I can partially forgive this from the context that our narrator is also confused and struggling, I did find it off-putting that the female characters didn't feel fully realised.
That being said, I enjoyed the book enough to dive straight into the sequel, so I can't fault it too strongly for this (and hopefully we see some more character development for women in the sequel!)
The irreverent tone was a little disorienting at first, but as I got familiar with its rhythm, I was able to appreciate just how funny it was. Ashton puts his characters in a lot of absurd situations, and gives Mickey a strong voice that reflects on this absurdity with humour without it becoming grating.
I also really enjoyed philosophy was constantly threaded throughout the book. Mickey7 is such an appealing character that I bought into his existential conundrums and enjoyed untangling them with him. Overall the philosophical concepts were introduced in ways that felt natural and approachable, without being too preachy (although the repeated references to the Ship of Theseus started to overdo it).
The one thing I would ding the book on is that I struggled to understand the motivations of the female characters. While I can partially forgive this from the context that our narrator is also confused and struggling, I did find it off-putting that the female characters didn't feel fully realised.
That being said, I enjoyed the book enough to dive straight into the sequel, so I can't fault it too strongly for this (and hopefully we see some more character development for women in the sequel!)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
At first I thought it was too similar to the narrator in the Murderbot series. But it came into its own. I really enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma
Minor: Colonisation
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Mickey7", do Edward Ashton, é uma ficção científica leve, bem humora e bem escrita. O autor trata, de maneira inovadora, de um conceito que está longe de ser inédito (afinal, um número incontável de livros já tratou sobre clones e imortalidade).
A obra levanta questões sobre o que faz um ser humano, sobre a morte e sobre identidade. Espero que a continuação do livro chegue logo no Brasil.
A obra levanta questões sobre o que faz um ser humano, sobre a morte e sobre identidade. Espero que a continuação do livro chegue logo no Brasil.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
adventurous
challenging
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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
dune if it was really cold and instead of dominating the worms and juicing them to make drugs paul atreides just wanted to snack on yams
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Genocide, Violence, War
Minor: Sexual content