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harperphillips96's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Very fun, fairly light read full of lots of enjoyable speculative biology. Warning for some transphobia (but only by characters who are clearly portrayed as The Bad Guys.) It felt more fantasy than sci fi, much more comedic in tone than Children of Time, but also very good.
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I am also so, so pleased that Tchaikovsky did what I’ve been begging writers to do for years and ended a sort of love triangle with “Hey, wouldn’t polyamory be a totally acceptable solution to everyone involved here and maybe we should just… do that and avoid any more drama?”
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I am also so, so pleased that Tchaikovsky did what I’ve been begging writers to do for years and ended a sort of love triangle with “Hey, wouldn’t polyamory be a totally acceptable solution to everyone involved here and maybe we should just… do that and avoid any more drama?”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, and Deadnaming
camsauce's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
While the science-fiction aspect behind it is epic, this was so convoluted, and boring at times. You could cut about 300 pages from this book and tell the exact same story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia and Deadnaming
fluffywhiskers's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Transphobia, Xenophobia, Racism, and Deadnaming
topherisswell's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- 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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Deadnaming, Murder, Hate crime, Transphobia, Gun violence, Violence, and Death
Minor: Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Racism, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Kidnapping
The transphobic content may be triggering for some, but it is never condoned, and only comes from the "bad guys." Part of the theme of the story is humanity continuing new ideas, new peoples, and cultural differences. The story portrays a spectrum of acceptance from the cast of characters.irelando's review
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Gun violence
Moderate: Racism, Violence, Sexism, Homophobia, and Deadnaming
samwardhaugh's review
adventurous
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I really enjoyed this book - the world-building was absolutely phenomenal, I loved the way the ending played out, the characters felt real and human (I was legitimately surprised after finishing it to find out that the author was a dude - I assumed based on how well written the female characters were that the author was also a woman). My only gripe, which is fairly minor, is that the alternate chapters of the scientific paper detailing all the alternate earths got a little repetitive after a while, and I felt like they lingered a little too long on some of the alternates that didn't end up in the main plot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia
Moderate: Gore and Transphobia
Minor: Death, Homophobia, Racism, and Gun violence
In the first chapter there's a moderately graphic description of some dead sheep. There are a couple characters who are given non-consensual body modification offscreen or before the book starts.
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