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marmar0326's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality and War
Moderate: Misogyny and Racism
Minor: Murder and Rape
zosiablue's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I read this was because it was in an episode of Black Mirror I liked and I wanted to see how it connected. It didn't, really, except they both are futuristic and take place in space.
That's OK! It's a classic and I'm mostly glad I read it. The plot was better than the delivery; Earth sends their prisoners to the moon and the moon prisoners revolt and start a war to get free. The best character is a nearly-human computer so brilliantly drawn that I felt every little blip of his fate.
But the misogyny was hard to swallow. Also the contradictory politics and cringy libertarianism. And so much of it was space opera action, which is exciting if you want it (I didn't want it). Regardless, I'm going to be thinking about that computer for a long time.
That's OK! It's a classic and I'm mostly glad I read it. The plot was better than the delivery; Earth sends their prisoners to the moon and the moon prisoners revolt and start a war to get free. The best character is a nearly-human computer so brilliantly drawn that I felt every little blip of his fate.
But the misogyny was hard to swallow. Also the contradictory politics and cringy libertarianism. And so much of it was space opera action, which is exciting if you want it (I didn't want it). Regardless, I'm going to be thinking about that computer for a long time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, and Genocide
Moderate: War, Racial slurs, Rape, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
belgaer's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Sucks. Only finished it because I’m reading all the winners of the Hugo for best novel. Never reading anything else by Heinlein again.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Police brutality, War, Sexism, Pedophilia, and Misogyny
Minor: Infertility, Grief, and Violence
touchegiantsquid's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
A short story wrapped around a bunch of interesting ideas, but not great as a novel. Mainly, the beginning is obnoxious because it depends on the writer being able to write funny jokes. The sense of humor is terrible. This aged terribly.
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Racism, Sexism, and Cultural appropriation
How do I tag the idea of makeup that makes you appear to change race? How do I tag rape jokes?shieldbearer's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
There's a lot of great concepts at play here, but the execution of them story wise is questionable, especially with the way the author tends to use this book as an author tract- something that isn't always smoothly executed in story. Which while in some ways this book was ahead of its time, in others it is exactly a product of the time it was written, namely with the racism and misogyny.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Ableism, Death, Infertility, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Racism, and War
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