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random19379's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, War, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Murder
Minor: Racial slurs
arjen98's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Genocide, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Terminal illness
jakobpunkt's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Readers of KSR's other books will be familiar with how he writes. Part fictional narrative, part technical manual, part philosophical treatise. Characters are not his strongest suit, but the events and ideas described are engaging in their own right.
Although this book is, in places, completely emotionally devastating, it is also the only thing in a long time that has made me feel even slightly hopeful about climate change or global justice. Robinson wrestles fully with the fact that no single solution is possible, that all solutions must be tried simultaneously, and that no matter what we do at this point there will be devastating consequences for some. But he also provides a model for a possible path forward.
Although this book is, in places, completely emotionally devastating, it is also the only thing in a long time that has made me feel even slightly hopeful about climate change or global justice. Robinson wrestles fully with the fact that no single solution is possible, that all solutions must be tried simultaneously, and that no matter what we do at this point there will be devastating consequences for some. But he also provides a model for a possible path forward.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide
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