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veethorn's review
5.0
Absolutely heartbreaking and fantastic. I couldn't put it down. Compelling hero, surprising love story, and a fabulously out-of-nowhere ending.
yoyology's review
4.0
This is a re-read, of course. Emma is one of my favorite authors. I took a lot more away from it than when I read it last, which would probably have been at least five years ago.
stephanieleary's review
2.0
What a strange book. Parts of it are lyrical and lovely, but the structure is a mess. It starts slowly, in tight third person, and immerses us in the politics of a colony world. Then there's a break in the middle with a ten-year time jump, leaving the original world behind. The second half of the book rotates among three narrators. The original one pops up only a couple of times, and we're told the rest of the story by two new people. Bull does an excellent job of making us care about the newcomers, but ultimately, seeing how the story plays out through other people's eyes is not terribly satisfying.
stefaniajoy's review
4.0
This wasn't quite what I was expecting, but I did enjoy it.
If you're considering reading this, ***Don't read the blurb!!!!*** The blurb only describes the second part of the book, which doesn't start until more than halfway through.
I think this is one I could read again and notice a lot of new things throughout. The author doesn't spend lots of time explaining the world/systems, instead she lets the reader figure out how things work through context, which is a style I rather enjoy. (I'm not so interested in technical details while I'm reading. As long as there aren't any contradictions, I'm fine.)
One thing that disappointed me a bit was that we never see Niki go back to his world or even find out what happened to some of his friends. Perhaps this is because they still aren't safe? I did like the ending, although I wished we had more exposition from the time he and Jhari met. This is just my love of characters speaking though :) I don't think this part was actually /necessary/, I just wanted it.
CW: Drug use/addiction and lots of language related to these two things, some violence
If you're considering reading this, ***Don't read the blurb!!!!*** The blurb only describes the second part of the book, which doesn't start until more than halfway through.
I think this is one I could read again and notice a lot of new things throughout. The author doesn't spend lots of time explaining the world/systems, instead she lets the reader figure out how things work through context, which is a style I rather enjoy. (I'm not so interested in technical details while I'm reading. As long as there aren't any contradictions, I'm fine.)
One thing that disappointed me a bit was
CW:
wyvernfriend's review
4.0
Interesting Sci Fi about a man whose family have a lot of power that's suddenly dead and his path to avenge them.
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