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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
adventurous
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
Light and fun sci-fi read perfect for the holidays. Naked mole rats and flying mooses and interspecies romance. Don’t ask why, just go with it.
Ranging from goofy, dorky conversations to serious socio-political future possibilities, I, unfortunately, ended up enjoying The Terraformers less the longer it went on. There's a lot to like in the book, but Newitz's vast pool of creative ideas got bogged down in a rambling plot that felt overly contrived. I don't regret reading it, though.
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
finally finished this. i love just how diverse and weird and out of the box so many aspects of the species, theit ways of life and the planet itself are. but I also felt that some of these aspects are just dropped without really exploring them in depth. it's also a bit of a confusing experience at times. still, quite cool and the journalist cat named moose makes me very happy
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Unfortunately, nothing can save a book with cardboard characters. I was a bit intrigued by the park ranger aspect, but all of these characters felt emotionless to the point where I felt like the robot I just read about in my newest book had more heart than this MC.
Sad. Lots of interesting technology, but what’s the point when you don’t give a shit about the character?
Sad. Lots of interesting technology, but what’s the point when you don’t give a shit about the character?
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was… strange. Lots of plot holes. Lots of weird logic. Idk what was going on with the strange sex stuff. It’s three novellas in a trench coat disguised as a novel. It’s… weird. The only one I really liked was the first one. Idk. Weird book.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
I understand the mixed reviews for this book. It is both the cozy sci-fi of Becky Chambers -- in the distant future, the inhabitants of a terrraforming planet look out for each other and are engaged in creating/living in a sustainable, respectful society -- and the corporate dystopian hellscape of the Murderbot Diaries. We've got talking animals and bots who're considered people and cartoonish corporate overlords who can murder them from space with a laser.
I think that it....mostly works. I kind of wish that Tor had decided to release this as three novellas, as it reads like three episodes of a drama rather than one novel. I think the second part is an objectively rough reading experience, with an overly drawn-out plot about public transit logistics and some pretty flat characters. It is also about as subtle as a box of hammers in its political message. This is not a tidy package of a book.
And yet? I had a great time in parts 1 and 3, and some of the writing had me chortling out loud. If you can handle all the talking animals and the interspecies sex, it's worth a try. Not a good intro-to-science-fiction recommendation, but a fun addition to the genre.
I think that it....mostly works. I kind of wish that Tor had decided to release this as three novellas, as it reads like three episodes of a drama rather than one novel. I think the second part is an objectively rough reading experience, with an overly drawn-out plot about public transit logistics and some pretty flat characters. It is also about as subtle as a box of hammers in its political message. This is not a tidy package of a book.
And yet? I had a great time in parts 1 and 3, and some of the writing had me chortling out loud. If you can handle all the talking animals and the interspecies sex, it's worth a try. Not a good intro-to-science-fiction recommendation, but a fun addition to the genre.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No