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polarbear2023's review against another edition
Gave it a shot it was nice military writing but geniniynely way too much info like chill out
jesshaleth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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? It's complicated
3.25
I understood about 65% of this book. Read 100% of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Gore
Moderate: Confinement, Child death, and Rape
queenofglitches's review against another edition
Third attempt and I cannot connect with the writing style. Tried Yoon Ha Lee before and while he has interesting ideas, the execution usually doesn't gel with me.
galexywitch's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
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
searobin's review against another edition
I like being dropped into a world, but not like this. I need something, literally anything, to orient my understanding of the world/universe around and this just gave me nothing to cling to. I'm willing to work for a book, but not without reward; this has been a fruitless slog thus far, and I won't waste my time on something for so little gratification.
outcolder's review against another edition
4.0
I might be way off here, but ... if faster than light travel is only possible by manipulating socially constructed concepts of time, and a byproduct of that is a range of weapons that only function within a bubble of altered physics made possible by the same social time-system, then an empire would require tighter and tighter hierarchy to have control over that time-concept. Over that background we get a story about ghostly possession, a me-too plot twist, some AI moralizing and enough world-building to inspire a massive RPG. Or not. But that’s more or less how it took shape in my head. Any book with this much mumbo jumbo is open to miles of interpretation. I’ll be looking for more.
kivt's review against another edition
4.0
Generally really enjoyable! The semi-reveal of the content of the Liozh heresy was pretty lame. But the rest of the book was pretty good.
majabwds's review against another edition
The way this story was told is confusing which I guess makes sense since we follow a captain who has a mastermind tactician put in her head (without her consent or knowledge). I had difficulties remembering secondary characters and making sense of the world (universe) because it wasn't explained at all. You are thrust into the story / world and have to figure it out by yourself.
I didn't jive with the philosophy/religion aspect of the story and also thought that the reason our main character became disgraced and had to give herself up for her doomed task of taking over a fortress was stupid.
No ratings.
I didn't jive with the philosophy/religion aspect of the story and also thought that the reason our main character became disgraced and had to give herself up for her doomed task of taking over a fortress was stupid.
No ratings.