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Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

4 reviews

foiblesandfiction's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I've seen this book described as The 100 meets Becky Chambers and yes, that rings true.  It's slice of life with philosophical discussions in space.  The characters are so flawed and so loveable.  I missed them when it was over and I still miss them now.

Also, this book is really, really long and has very little plot.

So, if you're ready to journey through space with some highly intelligent (almost to their detriment) young adults who are working through their own moral dilemmas while also working to solve humanity's greatest downfall, buckle up and hop on board.  

Reading recommendations: time, a cozy seat, and a warm blanket with a cuppa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Cancer, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Bullying, Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Terminal illness, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

stayshomeandreads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

nyoom's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Ableism, Infidelity, Antisemitism, and Xenophobia

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

England is about to send the first manned mission to Terra-Two and found the first interstellar colony. The crew of the Damocles is made up of several seasoned senior astronauts, and under them is a crew of six teenagers who began training singlemindedly for this moment as children and were chosen from among hundreds of hopefuls for this mission. With the available technology, they will reach Terra-Two in 23 years. But, of course, things immediately begin to go wrong. 

I absolutely could not put DO YOU DREAM OF TERRA-TWO? down. The book has an uneasy atmosphere and I was immediately drawn in. Each character was compelling in a different way, and I felt actually stressed when things went wrong for them. 

I won't get too much into the plot since things take a turn pretty early on. I'll just say if you like books about people having FEELINGS in SPACE and commentary on the ethics of interstellar space travel, give this book a try. 

Content warnings: suicide, eating disorder, physical abuse, emotional abuse, cancer, attempted murder, hallucinations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Cancer, and Mental illness