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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
This book is different from anything I have ever read and I am glad that I finally read this book. Honestly this book makes me want to dabble into more sci-fi fantasy books because it was that good. This story caught me by surprise and I loved this story about Seske and Adalla. Seske is considered royalty and Adalla is a beast worker that takes care of the ship, which is actual functioning beast that they travel in space in. I loved the idea of how that this world was ruled by women and they had the say on who they wanted to marry or be with. I definitely want to read the nest book because both Seske and Adalla grow so much in this book that I want to know what happens next with them both.
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
conceptually so cool and and weird but after the first half …. it really fell apart for me. Relationships between characters lacked depth and realism, and then characters kept dying very abruptly w little emotional fallout which was frustrating
Wow. I really enjoyed this.
Lots of easy comparisons to Kameron Hurley’s The Stars Are Legion, but this felt simultaneously less and more gruesome, (in different ways). It was also more understandable, a smaller scope in some ways, but more complete also.
This really was fantastic, and I stayed up way too late reading it.
Lots of easy comparisons to Kameron Hurley’s The Stars Are Legion, but this felt simultaneously less and more gruesome, (in different ways). It was also more understandable, a smaller scope in some ways, but more complete also.
This really was fantastic, and I stayed up way too late reading it.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This just wasn't for me. I never really got invested in the world or in the characters.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
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:
Yes
The world was intriguing, it sucked me right in. But, I wanted more. Even as the story continued, and kept me wanting to learn more, I had questions about how we ended up in the situation that we found ourselves in.
By the end of the story, I was excited for the next book in the series. Is this a duology, or will there be more? Will we ever get the back story of what happened to get us to where we found ourselves?
By the end of the story, I was excited for the next book in the series. Is this a duology, or will there be more? Will we ever get the back story of what happened to get us to where we found ourselves?
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was really good! Many hundreds of years after humanity fled earth, people live inside giant spacefaring creatures, traveling the stars and vaguely hoping to someday find a new planet to colonize. Certain plot elements don't hold up quite right, and the way men's rights are talked about in this matrilineal society are goofy, but overall I really liked the worldbuilding and characters, and I'm very curious to read the sequel.