Reviews

Ghost Species by James Bradley

willowdale's review

adventurous emotional informative 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? Yes

3.75

ninj's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This was quite fast paced - I rather expected that it might take some time to get into Neanderthal themes (it's like 20 pages in), and the book keeps moving through the years, so you get to see how both the characters and the environment develop over that time.
Good flawed characters struggling through, and some developments that didn't go as I was expecting.
Lot of interesting themes on raising a neanderthal as a science project, of course.

kevinm56's review against another edition

Great story.

It was difficult to put down. I hope this isn't our future, though it seems we are headed in that direction.

aldusa's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

annoeing's review against another edition

3.0

See, the concept was amazing and I loved the dystopian-climate-change-anarchy theme, but the plot got pretty lame. It was like diminishing marginal utility because it started pretty strong with Kate and Jay working in this too secret project (oOoO) but as the focus switched to Eve it just got less and less interesting.

Not to mention the ending was trash like the most exciting to happen was probably a robbery. Yeah that’s right. A robbery. And then she just leaves and finds her idk genetic non-homo-sapien friends that speaks in baguettes.

sroel2's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

grudgemental's review against another edition

2.0

DNF, too many stretches where nothing happens or something builds up to no payoff. Also the Elon Zuckerberg bad guy character is just over played at this point

jon_gresham's review against another edition

5.0

Loved this book. So many wonderful big ideas woven into personal narratives of loss and belonging.

monisousa93's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

tink's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

I enjoyed this enough to finish. However, I find parts of the female main characters written by a man problematic. I also found the 'post-climate change world unbelievable and unrealistic at times.