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yrioona's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Starts as a wickedly, bitterly, funny and tragic and unsettling swipe at the "crash landing on an alien planet" trope and develops into something more complex and intimate and artful. It is dense and maybe a bit overwrought, and sometimes I found the stream-of-consciousness style confusing, but she is incredible at voice and characterization, and there are some great (mostly very dark) one-liners in the first half. This feels a bit like a two-act play or a very talky, cerebral, movie. Beautifully bleak and idiosyncratic and character-driven and worth the effort to get through even for its imperfections and welcome and unwelcome weirdnesses.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Child death, Colonisation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
bex_knighthunterbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I didn't find this very readable with: verbose descriptions, an unclear perspective (when is this story being recorded?), and sections that went nowhere. This story felt like it could have used more editing to me. I did find interesting the ideas introduced in the first half but I wanted to see these explored a little more. The second half lost momentum for me as it was mostly focussed on events in the main character's past on Earth, which I didn't really care about.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
Minor: Rape
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