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ethuiliel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Violence, and War
Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Body horror, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
Minor: Drug use, Child abuse, Infertility, Police brutality, Torture, and Transphobia
indeedithappens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Torture, Abandonment, Classism, Colonisation, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, War, and Xenophobia
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Sexism, Deadnaming, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Death of parent
melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Can I just say before we get started, this is one of the most gorgeous book covers I have ever seen?
Tina has known for most her life that her destiny is out there in the stars--she can feel a beacon inside her, waiting to ignite when she is old enough to be picked up and taken away to her fate. She is anxiously awaiting that day, when she can stop being just Tina and remember who she was before she was cloned into this body. But when she finally does get picked up be a spaceship with her best friend Rachael, nothing is the way she expected it to be, and she is thrown in the middle of an epic space adventure that require all of her skills and knowledge if she wants to survive--but she can't even remember who she used to be.
The concept for this book is so exciting and fun! I knew I was going to love it! A space battle of good vs. evil, reclaimed identities, and old friends and new! I also really loved reading about the diversity of alien life-forms that Anders created in this book. There was no shortage of imagination for the non-human beings in this galaxy. I loved the central message of the Shapers and the Royal Fleet fighting back, and I was so interested to find out what happened to Tina.
I did wish that this book focused less on all the new concepts and vocabulary and a little more on character development. I wasn't as attached to these characters as I would like to be, and though they were all awesome in concept, I felt that they were mostly a little one-note and could have used more development. I also thought the new slang was hit a little too hard. It felt too much like new colloquialisms being forced on me and not enough like my naturally learning them in the new environment.
One of the coolest parts of this book for me was the normalization of introducing yourself with pronouns! Every single character in this book gave out their pronoun the first time they were introduced to someone---no matter what species they were! I loved that! It even included neo-pronouns.
All in all, I really enjoyed this read! It was fun and had great queer representation and diversity. I definitely recommend picking this up when it comes out!
Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Gun violence
Moderate: Genocide
Minor: Vomit