Reviews

Frontier by Grace Curtis

lowercase_em's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.5

excavatinglizard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

offtaeseeadug's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ailurus's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing sad 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

3.75

hongfeng's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

lunarstrudel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Oh, my heart! This was so good! I loved the story, the writing was lyrical and yet filled with wry humor, the narration was great too- each character felt distinct but not over the top. It took a beat to get used to it, but once I did, I loved the changing narrators. It felt like I got to see a bigger slice of the world than if we had just stayed with K. Highly recommend!

mythical_reads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

fubpg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

lisabcdefg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

max_the_lesbrarian's review against another edition

5.0

This book was exactly the book I needed to get me out of my reading slump. It took me by the hand and dragged me over the finish line as I struggled put the book down in order to do supposedly important things like, sleep, I guess.

Frontier is a really awesome interpretation of climate disaster and human society in the aftermath. It somehow managed to meld together sci-fi with western with dystopian, and left me wanting to read more of this fantastic genre mash-up. The story also has an interesting layout in that it tells the story of our main character's adventures while half the time being told from another character's perspective - and even better, each character is fantastically fleshed out and seems real, even if they only they have a couple pages to tell their story.

I was shocked when I read that this was Grace Curtis' debut book, and I'm eagerly awaiting more.

Thank you so much to Rebellion, Solaris, and NetGalley for a free e-ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.