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reocalabra's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Xenophobia
jehansflowers's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i genuinely fucking ADORE this book. it’s legitimately one of my favorites of all time. it’s fun and well written, with a wide range of characters and incredible worldbuilding. like,, the amount of smart and interesting concepts included in this universe is amazing. i saw that a lot of other commenters where complaining about the lack of conflict, which i get to a certain extent, but i actually really enjoy the almost slice-of-life style plot for a relatively large portion of the plot. this book is very character driven and focused, which is one of my absolute favorite things in a book. i might come back later and elaborate more on what i love about this book & my criticisms for it, as well as maybe add elaborations for content warnings, but this is all for now
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Police brutality, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Cursing, Xenophobia, Violence, Racial slurs, Medical content, Gun violence, and Genocide
Minor: Blood and Slavery
kflv's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
A wonderful and engaging scifi romp. Emotionally touching moments mixed with adventure and humor.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual content
troisha's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Xenophobia
Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Chronic illness, Grief, Terminal illness, and Violence
Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Vomit
valereads's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book is a character driven sci-fi novel which follows a year(?) in the life of a crew of ordinary people - well ordinary by the standards of a sci-fi setting. It's an episodic story that follows the characters as they visit different locations on the way to the big job which is their end goal and the way the characters and their relationships with each other develop throughout their journey.
I liked this book for what it was, a quiet story about people and relationships but because of the quiet episodic nature of this story it did kind of feel like the big action of the climax came out of nowhere which was a little off putting.
This book contained some interesting discussions about disability and bodily autonomy for disabled people. I thought the disabled rep was overall pretty good, especially regarding the character of Jenks and his feelings towards his disability, though it had a few significant issues. The first is the ending to Ohan's character arc. Another issue was with the species known as Aeluons. This species could not naturally hear or speak so had cybernetically altered themselves to fit in with the rest of society. This isn't a bad premise in of itself, mirroring the issues deaf people face in real life (i.e. cochlear implants etc.) but there was no discussion around the implications of this - it was just accepted as fine which stuck me as off for a book which discussed issues of autonomy for disabled people so much with other characters and this is such a significant issue within the Deaf community. And maybe this is a bit nitpick-y but it definitely rubbed me the wrong way that for all the disability rep the supposedly unlikable character who calls people slurs and who the reader is supposed to dislike, Corbin, is autistic coded.
I know that that probably seems like a lot of complaints but overall I did enjoy this book, enough that I am absolutely continuing on to the sequel, which is a big deal for someone who generally doesn't like sci-fi at all.
If you enjoy character and relationship driven stories with casual queer rep and the found family trope as well as some interesting, if not always perfectly executed, conversations about disability and autonomy I'd highly recommend this book.
Content Warnings: There's some graphic violence in this story as well as discussions of war including the use of genetic based weapons. There's also some scenes of prisoner abuse.
I liked this book for what it was, a quiet story about people and relationships but because of the quiet episodic nature of this story it did kind of feel like the big action of the climax came out of nowhere which was a little off putting.
This book contained some interesting discussions about disability and bodily autonomy for disabled people. I thought the disabled rep was overall pretty good, especially regarding the character of Jenks and his feelings towards his disability, though it had a few significant issues. The first is the ending to Ohan's character arc. Another issue was with the species known as Aeluons. This species could not naturally hear or speak so had cybernetically altered themselves to fit in with the rest of society. This isn't a bad premise in of itself, mirroring the issues deaf people face in real life (i.e. cochlear implants etc.) but there was no discussion around the implications of this - it was just accepted as fine which stuck me as off for a book which discussed issues of autonomy for disabled people so much with other characters and this is such a significant issue within the Deaf community. And maybe this is a bit nitpick-y but it definitely rubbed me the wrong way that for all the disability rep the supposedly unlikable character who calls people slurs and who the reader is supposed to dislike, Corbin, is autistic coded.
I know that that probably seems like a lot of complaints but overall I did enjoy this book, enough that I am absolutely continuing on to the sequel, which is a big deal for someone who generally doesn't like sci-fi at all.
If you enjoy character and relationship driven stories with casual queer rep and the found family trope as well as some interesting, if not always perfectly executed, conversations about disability and autonomy I'd highly recommend this book.
Content Warnings: There's some graphic violence in this story as well as discussions of war including the use of genetic based weapons. There's also some scenes of prisoner abuse.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Racism
Minor: Sexual content
caseythereader's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Hitchhiker’s Guide meets Firefly. I loved the characters and world building. However, most of the speciest/racist parallels were a little heavy-handed. Still a very fun read despite that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
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