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jayraytan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Genocide
Moderate: Suicide and Blood
bi_n_large's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Genocide, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Fatphobia and Racism
purplatypus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Violence
Moderate: Medical content, Xenophobia, Confinement, Kidnapping, Blood, Suicide, Death, Genocide, and Car accident
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Excrement, Addiction, and Slavery
dejahentendu's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The narrator was mostly quite good, but overdid it a few times.
Moderate: Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Blood, and Genocide
Minor: Car accident and Vomit
beccaand's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Death and Genocide
Minor: Torture, Vomit, and Suicide
softanimal's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Genocide
tomas_lw's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Genocide and Death
Minor: Body horror
madmadmaddymad's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
It’s remarkable how enthralling the plot and pace of this novel was. I’m satisfied with it as a stand alone, but am absolutely invested if Ellis decides to ever write a follow up,
Cora was such a fun protagonist. She really embodied the adventure of first contact, and her view point as a fish-out-of-water, or maybe fish-adjacent-to-water, coming from a background of government distrust and frustration over conspiracy theories with her famous, estranged, Alex Jones-esque father. What an an excellent background detail and incredible character and worldbuilding.
I also enjoyed the humor of this novel, and I thought the trope of humans being scary to the alien species was handled extremely well. Ampersand is hilarious and lovable and I was lo-key rooting for there to be an inter-galactic romance from the first moment
Loved this book!
Minor: Kidnapping, Genocide, and Suicide
mandkips's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Gore and Blood
Moderate: Genocide, Car accident, and Death
Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Vomit
bookishchef's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Xenophobia and Car accident
Moderate: Violence, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Genocide
Minor: Vomit, Torture, Murder, and Blood