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katsmedialibrary's review against another edition
There’s a doctor who episode about this lol. Like
kenzie_roonie's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
hahanimation's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
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
5.0
Has stayed in my mind. Wonderfully intriguing worldbuilding that is unfurled so well. proper sci fi, raising so many questions relevant to our day.
Little flavors of Doctor Who, Pathologic, and Hunger Games.
Little flavors of Doctor Who, Pathologic, and Hunger Games.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide attempt, Genocide, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer
easytocrash's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
tatyanavogt's review
3.0
Okay, I HATED this book at first. Like I thought the stuff going on was interesting and that I should like it but the experience of actually reading it was horrible, so much so that I DNF'd it with the intention of not picking it back up and read a different book.
BUT, I kept thinking about it. I wanted to know where the story was going to go, I was invested in this world, fascinated by what was going on and I wanted to know how it was going to end! And I am glad I cam back to it because I started to enjoy the book once the focus shifted and we were working towards better things.
Okay, so it was a hard parallel to swallow that humans were literally a cancer to this living creature since it feels like we're that to earth which is really depressing. I felt so bad for the creature they were killing and cutting into.
I also HATED how the society was structured. So ridged and cruel. It was frustrating to be in a black focused world that was so cruel and unkind so I couldn't enjoy the beauty of the world.
And I just didn't connect with the characters early on so I didn't know why I was suffering through all the uncomfortable bits. Now admittedly that wasn't what I was expecting AND I was going through some shit myself so I wanted a more hopeful book so thats not fully the fault of the book itself just my own expectations.
Once our main characters saw the issues in their society and decided that they needed to do something to turn things around, thats when I stopped hating the book and started looking forward to seeing how things would go.
BUT, I kept thinking about it. I wanted to know where the story was going to go, I was invested in this world, fascinated by what was going on and I wanted to know how it was going to end! And I am glad I cam back to it because I started to enjoy the book once the focus shifted and we were working towards better things.
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Okay, so it was a hard parallel to swallow that humans were literally a cancer to this living creature since it feels like we're that to earth which is really depressing. I felt so bad for the creature they were killing and cutting into.
I also HATED how the society was structured. So ridged and cruel. It was frustrating to be in a black focused world that was so cruel and unkind so I couldn't enjoy the beauty of the world.
And I just didn't connect with the characters early on so I didn't know why I was suffering through all the uncomfortable bits. Now admittedly that wasn't what I was expecting AND I was going through some shit myself so I wanted a more hopeful book so thats not fully the fault of the book itself just my own expectations.
Once our main characters saw the issues in their society and decided that they needed to do something to turn things around, thats when I stopped hating the book and started looking forward to seeing how things would go.
ninacharlem's review
3.0
A wildly imaginative story that started strong, but lost focus in the last third of the novel.
macethespaceace's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
miamiapc's review
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25