4.18 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Complicated
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hjung's review

3.5
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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crystalstarrlight's review

4.0

Bullet Review:

Andy isn’t dead after all…as is Effie. Telsa takes Mila to her ship in an effort to leave the planet. Also we get a bit more backstory to Mother.

Huh, when you sum it up, it sounds a lot less than I found it. It was a quick read (for me), and rather enjoyable.

On to volume 3 before it’s due!
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

taitet327's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

metalandmets's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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
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mazerbeams's review

5.0

As always, another amazing TPB for my collection! I was worried I wouldn’t love Ascender as much as I loved Descender but I am just head over heels I n love with this side of the story!

No spoilers but that last panel shook me to the core, this is a MUST READ for sci fi lovers everywhere!
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rakoerose's review

5.0

My rating is biased because of my love for Mila as a protagonist, but I genuinely do adore this series!!

“Once my captain, always my captain.”

Living for more sapphic representation in here and the very natural way it was included (some scifi I’ve read it feels very forced). I love how Mila just manages to make every adult near her worry about her and want to take care of her. Soothes me who also wants to make sure she’s okay.

The surprise reveal at the end of this volume had me mentally shrieking YESSSS because one of my favorite boys is back! Hell yes! So nice to see where familiar faces have ended up.

This entire series from Descender to now is just beautiful. Glad to be along for the ride!!

tonund's review

4.0
fast-paced

Historien fortsetter med flere flashbacks. Man lærer i slutten av vol. 1 at Andy faktisk overlever så han blir tatt til fange av Mother for å bruke han til å lede dem til Mila og Bandit. Andy finner ut i fangenskap at Effie lever enda, men er vampyr. Han prøver å komme gjennom til henne for å redde datteren deres. Hun kommer nok tilbake til å sette Andy fri, men hun ber han ta livet av henne siden sulten kan enda komme tilbake å få henne til å glemme alt og alle igjen. Vi får Eff tilbake bare for å dø rett etterpå. Mila og Telsa kommer seg frem til øya hvor skipet er. Telsa er veldig grumpy etter at hun mistet faren etter at Descender forsvant og ugc ble så og si oppløst. Vi møter Driller igjen, som nok er den eneste gjenværende maskinen i galaksen, utenom Bandit. Gjengen kommer seg på skipet og ut i verdensrommet på vei til Tim-21. 
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

While lots happened, this feels like setup for the next bit. So beautiful, and love the different lettering styles. 

Cawpile review:
Characters 5
Atmosphere/art 5
Writing/lettering 5
Plot 4
Intrigue 5
Logic/credibility 5
Enjoyment 5

Score 34, 5 out of 5 stars
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