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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Watched the movie for the first time 2 weeks ago and was immediately wanting more. This book didn’t disappoint! Mostly. Some sections were improved by being written (the bit at the end where dave enters the monolith and has a long ass light show). And i liked getting in dave and hal’s heads. Had some sad moments too. Franks death, and Daves reaction to it make me a lil weepy.
All that being said i feel there were some pacing issues. I wish there was more done with Hal freaking out and trying to solve his issue/murder crewmembers/keep them out of contact. But also before that! Its alluded to thru dialogue that F&D considered him their crewmate, i lowkey wanted to see more of their life on the ship before that happened.
And that leads into one other big thing. Reading this book really inspired me to create. By far the best scene in the book is “through the star gate” bcs it evoked such strong imagery in my mind. I wanna paint it! I wanna draw! I wanna sit myself down and publish something on ao3!!! Anything that gets me feeling like that gets a good grade in my book.
All that being said i feel there were some pacing issues. I wish there was more done with Hal freaking out and trying to solve his issue/murder crewmembers/keep them out of contact. But also before that! Its alluded to thru dialogue that F&D considered him their crewmate, i lowkey wanted to see more of their life on the ship before that happened.
And that leads into one other big thing. Reading this book really inspired me to create. By far the best scene in the book is “through the star gate” bcs it evoked such strong imagery in my mind. I wanna paint it! I wanna draw! I wanna sit myself down and publish something on ao3!!! Anything that gets me feeling like that gets a good grade in my book.
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was not for me. I just didn't think the motivations, decisions, and actions were logical for a lot of the plot points. The first part especially pissed me off-I'd recommend skipping that part. And the ending was confusing. Also the author uses "star" in ways that I'd disagree with. Like a planet wouldn't be a "star" just cause it's far away, would it?? And it has that common sci-fi book flaw where things happen for no reason to create more of a thrill or something when the actual premise of the book is already exciting enough.
Content Warnings
there are sexist moments that I assume are just the author's sexism showing. It is an old book, so what can you expect?
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Loved the hominid part at the beginning give me more of that
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Rather like the film, I had a fun time with 2001 A Space Odyssey until Hal was gone. I think it tries to do too much in a short time frame and ends up losing all of the tension it had built up until then
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thrilling. Want to watch the film again now.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No