572 reviews for:

The Principle of Moments

Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

3.73 AVERAGE

lesleygaisford's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mabon's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lexibutwithbooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

zzaakkiiyyaa's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shmadsie's review against another edition

4.0

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I really enjoyed this book. I loved the characters, Asha and Obi especially. There were times when this felt a little easy, like, all the montage moments of 'we have to learn how to do this, we have to get here, etc.' were literally just skipped entirely, which I didn't exactly hate but there are definitely authors who would've dug into those moments and made them pivotal, who would've had all this interesting character development or a seemingly nothing moment prove monumental, and instead they were just fast-forwarded. And, honestly, my other big issue with this was that whoever the copy editor was fucked this author over. There were so many typos and not just grammatical ones, but like the name of a ship misspelled. This book deserved so much better than that because it was genuinely great and interesting and the characters really sung and it was hamstrung but stupid stuff that took you out of the story. I really hope they either change the copy editor on the next book or just devote more attention to it because the fact that this was the final print is embarrassing for this imprint, and this author and these characters deserve better.

alex_jk's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eleccy's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emma_02's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maddb_96's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Queer love and set in space, which I loved! I thought the switch between the time periods was really well written and kept it more engaging. But at points I felt like the story dragged a little. Was really rooting for the characters and would be interested in reading the sequel. 

ergative's review against another edition

1.75

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Don't get me wrong, this book was... not good. But it was not good in an incredibly earnest, childlike way that was kind of endearing. You know how they say dance like no one is watching? This book danced like no one was watching. It was not a good dancer. But it was unashamed, and I have to respect that.