Reviews

Frontier by Grace Curtis

lydiahephzibah's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

Setting: future dystopian USA
Rep: queer protagonist 

This was okay. I found it a bit confusing as there are a LOT of characters and the chapters are more like short stories vaguely connected, some of which I enjoyed, some less so. I found the last few chapters confusing. I appreciate the way Grace Curtis broadly imagines the worlds she writes but I much preferred her second book. 

landminecat's review against another edition

3.5

good fun, easy to read but sometimes hard to follow - jumps about a lot and uses different names for the character. i think i could either have been shorter and more focused or longer and more fleshed out. As it stands its a slightly awkward in-between, though still a good story with enough interesting setting and character details to make it well worth a read.

chrysanthemum_daffodil's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-paced

3.5

simdhan_f's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

captaincymru's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

gemimasheila's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This novel was marketed as Firefly meets Becky Chambers and they were dead on. Its got the heart and violence of Firefly with the inclusivity and world building of Becky Chambers but a voice and style all Curtis' own.

jesskb's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted 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

4.0

I bought this book from Gay is the Word with the one-line review: "Lesbian Space-Cowboys!" It definitely lives up to that. A crazy, fun, and at times brutal, Mad-Max style Western-esque sci-fi set on a desolate future Earth ravaged by climate change. 

It wasn't an absolute page-turner on account of most chapters starting from a new character's perspective which threw me out of the narrative a bit, but it was great fun and I highly recommend it as a humorous sci-fi romp with a cast chock-full of lovable (and unlovable) rogues. 

calico's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

3.75

birdwrong's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

I enjoyed this very much! The way the story gradually shifts from feeling very separate or "outside" of its protagonist to fleshing them out and fully understanding their motives and history was very well done. The setting and vibes were more post-apocalyptic than I usually like, but it was all used well here for a fun, Western-themed sci-fi :^)

nekopersona's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0