Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Das sechste Erwachen by Kimmo Lemetti, Bernhard Kempen, Mur Lafferty

1 review

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