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arrmarr's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
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? Yes
5.0
nonesensed's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
Eva has her own ship and a crew she gets along with. They don't always make a lot of money but they're doing honest work. The current cargo of psychic cats is a bit of an annoyance, but it's a living. This peaceful-ish life is about to get interrupted by a horrifying encrypted call – her sister has been taking by the crime syndicate known as The Fridge. They want Eva to go back to her old ways, forcing her and her crew to take on less than legal, dangerous work. Also, Eva can't tell her crew about the blackmail situation. So...yeah…
If you've ever played any scifi video game, you will likely recognize parts of them in this book (especially one particular title, you'll know which one if you know it). That said, I think this expy-ing of character concepts is fully positive. I had a blast reading this story and I'm looking forward to reading book 2 & 3 soon!
Pick this up if you're looking for space adventures, xenoromance, and characters with less than stellar pasts who're trying to do better, along with big found family focus.
If you've ever played any scifi video game, you will likely recognize parts of them in this book (especially one particular title, you'll know which one if you know it). That said, I think this expy-ing of character concepts is fully positive. I had a blast reading this story and I'm looking forward to reading book 2 & 3 soon!
Pick this up if you're looking for space adventures, xenoromance, and characters with less than stellar pasts who're trying to do better, along with big found family focus.
rehearsal_collection's review against another edition
It was stressful and the pacing wasn't for me 😬 maybe at another time I'l try again.
clairet386's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
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? Yes
4.0
floristseatfree's review against another edition
Stakes not right, pacing bad, annoying
mapo's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
3.5
I liked this quite a bit, but around the midway point I feel like the action slowed down too much and made it difficult to finish — my desire to see what happened in the end was enough to pull me through though thanks to the characters and world building! Fun space adventure story with just a few too many subplots for me!
robotswithpersonality's review against another edition
Well shucks. In reading this review, take into account the fact that I skimmed the last third because I just couldn't take it anymore. I like the idea of a found family crew, a badass female protagonist, various hijinks, emotional investment in relationships between characters. But I don't enjoy so much bad luck heaped on our heroes that the jam-packed action scenes leave me nothing but tense, especially when they are frequently accompanied by the self-flagellation shame spiral of the protagonist, and the frequent vacillation of interpersonal relations. It took four missions for Eva to realize things had to change; considering the risk to her crew mates in missions two and three, that is an absurd buildup for no other reason than bulking up the text and ratcheting up the tension, at which point, I just get pissed off and impatient. When the plot shifted to accompany the inevitable eventual epiphany of Eva that she couldn't keep this up, yet more shit hit the fan, again in an emotionally overwrought fashion. Somehow this character has time to get in and out of all kinds of trouble despite the amount of time she spends worrying about family, crew, friends and potential lovers, upcoming plans, recent and past mistakes, etc... it's just exhausting. I fear I'm failing to convey what bothered me because it all looks reasonable typed out. Maybe there are those who have the patience/temperament for it, but this wasn't leisure/entertainment reading for me, it was big ball of stress reading and I don't need that from my erroneously pitched as wacky 'it's got psychic cats and fish emperors!' sci fi. No, I will not be reading the sequel.
2ndbooktotheright's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5