Reviews tagging 'Death'

Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

31 reviews

itsnicholaslashay's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Medical trauma

charlottekh's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I was enjoying Mickey7 until just over the halfway mark, where the history of the other settlements started to get boring. A couple of them didn't feel as though they had any connection to the current story and could have been made shorter and other areas added to, like life on the current settlement. 

I also thought the ending fell flat in regards to the Creepers, especially their 'watching' of Mickey's communications. I feel it would have been more beneficial to the story to have focused on them more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Incest

ababytapir's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Easy to read, an enjoyable sci fi adventure set on a new planet that doesn't make you think too hard, but does contain a sprinkling of ethics around cloning and colonisation. The main character is kinda dumb and I enjoyed that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Genocide, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Terminal illness

Minor: Blood, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Violence, War, Animal death, Medical trauma, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Torture, Dementia, Genocide, Self harm, and Terminal illness

lindsayerin's review

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death

araehop's review

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

kellyofcali's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

A fun sci-fi read, I enjoyed the world and its history and the fact that while this had some small twists, it wasn't a full-on TWIST book but rather just a good story set within the confines and technology of another world. Excited to see the film!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Terminal illness, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Mental illness, Medical content, Blood, War, Sexual content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was a bit of a letdown. I want to like light sci-fi books so bad, but this just didn’t do it for me.

We follow a character called Mickey, who is an expendable at a newly established colony on a icy planet. That means that whenever something dangerous probably resulting in death needs to be doing, Mickey is the guy they sent to do it. Because every time Mickey dies, they make a new copy of him, with all the memories of the past Mickeys. Except this time things go wrong and now there are two Mickeys.

The book is told through Mickey’s POV, and few other notable characters are Mickey’s best friend (Berto), a woman he has a relationship with (Nasha) and the base’s commander Marshall. The characters lack depth, and even the relationships feel disingenuous. And it bothered me how Nasha’s and Mickey’s relationship played out in the book. Marshall is the most infuriating character of them all. 

Something about this book just felt off. The tone is light and bantery at the beginning, but then things take a slightly darker tone. At first I wanted to learn more about other colonies that failed and other expendables, but when the author delivered, it felt lukewarm at best. And in the beginning of the book we have a deus ex machina moment, and the ending is way too neat.

This book needed to pick out a tone and stick to it, give the characters more depth and explain the issues the characters are dealing with a little bit better. Now the plot feels paper thin. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Abandonment, Death, Colonisation, Medical content, Sexual content, and Vomit

cetortuga's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

Me ha parecido increible el libro. Entronca con los problemas filosóficos presentes en la mejor ciencia ficción clásica a la vez que tiene un tono sencillo yaen narrador que se dirige directamente el lector. Me recuerda a la vez a Solaris y el Juego de Ender. Deseando leer más.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

jj_tj's review

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture and Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide

samspencer23's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder