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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Should have dnf'ed, but like a sentient train wreck, I couldn't look away.
Read a review copy. I liked the hopeful tone of the story. I enjoyed the (literal) world building. Many interesting ideas that might've been more interesting to explore through less linear short stories, rather than a novel in three parts.
My favourite part was the bit with the sentient flying train & the cat who is also a journalist.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
adventurous
emotional
slow-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
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Literal worldbuilding politics overlaid with ecology, gender, and animal intelligence/rights discussions. Reasonable people overcoming the odds to make a better, more equitable world, which is so not IRL at the moment. Sigh.
An entertaining read! A more ambitious vision of the far future than you usually find and it explores some interesting concepts. Felt just a tad shallow for me to rate higher. And the vision of a flying moose still doesn’t chime quite right, like an even more grotesque ET.
3.5 if I could. The concept was super cool, but similar to other reviewers, the story was just… boring sometimes? This happened to me with another of the author’s books, so maybe I’m just not connecting with their storytelling. I did throughly enjoy the critique of capitalism and colonialism, but the villains were comically bad with nothing to them but being “evil.” I’d say it’s worth reading, but only if people were already into the genre.
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This had the potential for being a 5 star read. I felt like the world building in the story was lacking and I wanted to know more about the year 59,000 than the book gave.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Minor: War