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Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

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carissa230's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-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

5.0

 Mickey 7 should no longer exist. Mickey 8 should have replaced him, but Mickey 7 didn't die.

Mickey 7 is an expendable. He does really dangerous jobs, because his DNA can be used to create new versions of himself. He has in fact died 6 times. When 7 finds himself in trouble he lets them know he won't make it and they leave him to die and create Mickey 8. However, Mickey 7 decides he doesn't want to die, he wants to live, so he does. Problem is it is illegal to have more than one version of yourself so Mickey 7 has to not exist.

Mickey 7 and Mickey 8 come up with a plan to help them both survive. They make a lot of errors in the first 2 days and it doesn't go well. When their girlfriend finds out there are 2 of them she is very happy. There isn't much to do on a small ship...

This book was very funny. The situations that Mickey got himself into and out of were wild, yet plausible if you're not looking too close at the science. 
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wanderonwards's review

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

3.0

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for sending me an ARC of this title. I received this copy for free and this review contains my honest opinions. 
 
Mickey7 is a quick sci-fi adventure that explores the concept of identity, primarily, what aspects of yourself make you you? When we enter the story, Mickey Barnes is in his seventh iteration as an Expendable: everything about him is identical to the original Mickey Barnes who signed up for this job (from how he looks to his memories), but is he actually the same now that he’s been remade six times? 
 
Mickey’s troubles aside, I really enjoyed the concept of this story and the idea of a futuristic humanity that has colonized multiple other planets, but has struggled to do so and is still struggling when we’re introduced to the narrative. Few of the sci-fi books I read really explore humanity’s failures to get to the point they’re at for the story, so I was interested in all the failed colonies in Mickey’s world (even if it was a brief mention) and their drastic impacts on the worlds they colonized. 
 
However, I found most of the characters unlikeable, which meant their relationships didn’t feel natural to me and I struggled to see their connections (or sometimes, why they were even interacting). I also had difficulty with the pacing: every other chapter jumps back in time to focus on Mickey’s backstory or world building. It was nice to know some of this additional detail, but it left me wanting to see more conflict and I would have rather spent more time interacting with the planet and its current issues. 
 
Overall, I think this book either needed to be shorter (and the focus narrowed to building on the relationships and the final conflict) or slightly longer (with more time spent meshing the world building with the dangers the crew faces colonizing a new world). Thank you again to the publisher for sending me a free ARC of this title. 
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