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The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey

40 reviews

bibliosexual's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Read it in a day - feels like it was inspired by Blindsight, Children of Time, and Le Guin. Very fast. The characters felt a little more shallow than the expanse but it also felt like a brief introduction to a much longer story.

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clursternhop's review against another edition

3.5

medium-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: No

A good first start, I'm certainly interested to see where this goes. Lost me a few places along the way but it usually got me back after some time.

A vague semi-spoiler content warning: there's some dubious consent stuff that made me uncomfortable, but it didn't get to the point of me putting the book down. Usually that's a hard no for me, and this book did toe the line in my opinion, but I ended up sort of accepting that. Overall it didn't make me hate the book but I will be warning anyone I recommend this to.

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antifuchs's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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s_h_a_r_i's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging informative mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Great. More please. Magnificent world building here.

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jenns_bookshelf's review against another edition

2.0

This... really fell flat for me. I was so excited to read this because I've really enjoyed the few Expanse books I've read from this author duo, but this one... just never clicked for me. That's not saying this is a bad book in any means, I just don't think it was for me. Why? I really don't know. Maybe it was the lack of solid push with the characters to free themselves or get information (I mean they're scientists, they just kind of accept the shit they're given until someone who isn't part of their original team pushes them to want to know information), which I sort of understand because of the intense trauma of the whole situation... but still, something was missing for me.
I got around 60% through and was seriously considering DNFing, because I just didn't care to pick the book back up; but I made myself, because I had been so excited to keep going - but honestly, this is going to leave my head faster than I read the book. Which is so sad, because I do think it is an interesting look at trauma and the human experience of dealing with intense grief.
Will not be continuing this series.

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nerdbrarian's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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paulralph's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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mr255405's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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sparklefarm's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

I ate this up. Maybe I did find the fake science-heavy bits to drag a little, but this is a foray into a fascinating new world and I would like more, please. (I'm trying so hard not to compare this to the Expanse because it's not the Expanse and there was definitely part of me that was sad about that.)

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immaghost's review against another edition

3.5

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