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dannykane's review against another edition
You get the sense that the author has never had a normal conversation in his life. It’s terribly misogynistic, and not even to prove a point, just in a badly written way. He’s also obsessed with ‘quivering butts’, erect penises and other painfully awkward descriptions. Read Station 11 by Emily St John Mandell instead
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
kalkn's review
1.0
Did not finish. Couldn't get into the story. Didn't care what was happening. Book was a whole lot of nothing.
nyne's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
aproposofnathan's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
tildahlia's review against another edition
5.0
What a weird but wonderful book. Wasn't sure how I'd go with a doomsday undercurrent given it's a touch close to the bone in many ways, but the story was so compelling that it felt like escapism (albeit in a reality not as divorced from my own as I'd like!). The writing was imaginative, funny and original. Just a great page-turning read.
cattytrona's review against another edition
2.0
i found this pretty whatever. whistle stop tour of why: boring prose, flat world, flat characters, not enough aliens, long but for what, ‘All his life he'd known, starting from the first day his parents had shown him a picture of one in a book’ about turkeys, unpleasant energies, rushed, ambiguities seemed like gaps. made me think of the end of the affair and this one james tiptree jr short story, which respectively do faith/relationship crises and human/alien social clash, and do them better, deeper, darker.
klparmley's review against another edition
2.0
This is very slow going and simply stopped in the middle. I regret the time I spent reading it.
It's like watching a video of a dropped glass that is halted just before the glass hits the floor. You will never know if the glass shatters or bounces.
It's like watching a video of a dropped glass that is halted just before the glass hits the floor. You will never know if the glass shatters or bounces.