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renatoram's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I liked it a lot. It’s a strange beast though: definitely a scifi story, with an intriguing handful of “science inventions”, it is nonetheless not a story about those. Maybe that’s what makes it a really good scifi story; it’s really about the people, not the science.
You can read the rest of this review on my blog at
https://renatoram.ch/p/the-sparrow-by-mary-doria-russell/
You can read the rest of this review on my blog at
https://renatoram.ch/p/the-sparrow-by-mary-doria-russell/
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Death, and Slavery
Minor: Child death
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