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millyferg's review against another edition
4.0
I am realizing Space horror/ thriller is my jam. Grief, Anger, AI and Space Capitalism.
Reading about AI and their growth is really interesting in our year of 2024.
Reading about AI and their growth is really interesting in our year of 2024.
tylynnstitles's review against another edition
3.0
It was alright. I wasnt totally into it. My favorite character was Vanguard, the praying mantis AI
theduchess93's review
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
I don't often read sci-fi, but this truly set the bar high for any future books that I read in this genre. The relationships between the characters managed to hook me more than the actual murder mystery many times, which is saying something!
I don't often read sci-fi, but this truly set the bar high for any future books that I read in this genre. The relationships between the characters managed to hook me more than the actual murder mystery many times, which is saying something!
swsquadleadr327's review
3.0
Overall I really enjoyed this story but the ending just wrapped up too quickly for my taste. Wish there'd been even just a few more chapters to explain what happened.
soy_ahoy's review
5.0
This is the first non-romance book I've read in forever and I'm really glad it was this one. The parts of the story that were dealing with Hester's past were actually my favorite, there's something about good sci-fi that is able to capture the inherent hopefulness of space exploration and juxtapose it with human fragility and crushing failure. I wish we could've seen Hester interact with her nonbinary ex some more and a longer conclusion at the end, but I thoroughly enjoyed the lesbian representation even without an obvious love interest. The approach to capitalist corporate greed and the horrors of war were handled really well as an overarching theme, in my opinion.
malreynolds111's review
3.0
I don't know why but I went into this book thinking that it was a sequel to Salvation Day but it's not.
It's basically a corporation murder mystery that takes place in space. Not that there is anything wrong with that but it wasn't what I typically read. That being said I did really like the main character Hester. She was depressed about her situation but still got the job done.
It's basically a corporation murder mystery that takes place in space. Not that there is anything wrong with that but it wasn't what I typically read. That being said I did really like the main character Hester. She was depressed about her situation but still got the job done.
natsirt_was_taken's review
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The author teases a backstory that would have been far more interesting as a prequel to set up the events of this book in the form of a trilogy, but missed the mark by a wide margin and left plenty of unanswered questions to focus on a character driven story.
iam's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Not the most scary SciFi horror, but the genre is so sparsely populated I'm just happy to have it.
I especially liked the AI aspect, though as someone who knows a bit about the topic I personally would have liked more details about the AI part.
Hester's mental, emotional and physical trauma gave the story and intriguing point of view, though I also feel like there were some missed opportunities with her various cybernetic limbs (though they were also never forgotten which I appreciated!)
The casual queerness was also an aspect I liked, together with the various characters.
The plot was intriguing, though took a bit to get really started in my opinion. Due to the investigator aspect it felts almost more than a crime mystery than pure horror though.
While I enjoyed the plot, I didn't think the pieces fit together as smoothly as they could have been, and in my opinion there is one bit plothole.Why did Vanguard not just leave at any point before? It clearly was capable and didn't want to do what it was set up to do. That said, I really enjoyed the foreshadowing and plottwists.
I especially liked the AI aspect, though as someone who knows a bit about the topic I personally would have liked more details about the AI part.
Hester's mental, emotional and physical trauma gave the story and intriguing point of view, though I also feel like there were some missed opportunities with her various cybernetic limbs (though they were also never forgotten which I appreciated!)
The casual queerness was also an aspect I liked, together with the various characters.
The plot was intriguing, though took a bit to get really started in my opinion. Due to the investigator aspect it felts almost more than a crime mystery than pure horror though.
While I enjoyed the plot, I didn't think the pieces fit together as smoothly as they could have been, and in my opinion there is one bit plothole.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, and Cursing
terrorism, amputation, prosthetics,yellowbilledmagpie's review
4.0
Well, that was a ride! I really love this novel. I think sometimes the detail with which the events are described is a little too much, but overall the premise and the story was really fun, and I really enjoyed it.
I do wish. Perhaps the author had explored more about being main characters double standard on AI. I also wish. Maybe the ending had an epilogue or something to kind of tie it often. Let us know what happened to Hester afterwards.
I overall highly recommend this book for an adventure and sci-fi .
I do wish. Perhaps the author had explored more about being main characters double standard on AI. I also wish. Maybe the ending had an epilogue or something to kind of tie it often. Let us know what happened to Hester afterwards.
I overall highly recommend this book for an adventure and sci-fi .