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Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

166 reviews

ka_ke's review against another edition

It starts off fine, the individual character perspectives are kept to individual chapters, but then around 25% of the book, perspectives change characters half way through scenes/paragraphs. 

I also think this book would benefit from a content warning in the beginning regarding the fmc’s body dysmorphia, suicidal thoughts, sex work etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Outing, and War

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

I wasn't initially sold on the writing style and plot setup BUT the last half of the book was amazing. So beautiful and I loved the character development. 
I do still feel a little bit like there were too many parallel plot lines (not sure we needed

the Matias to start working the the demon, and I thought Marcus's story was extremely unresolved. For a book all about living with your mistakes, there was no redemption for him, he's just being shipped back to the war zone.

). But overall, I think they got blended together amazingly. 
The descriptions of music made me so happy. I'm not trans, but for what it's worth I really did like how Katrina was portrayed. I'm so glad she found a family who sees how beautiful she is. I do think some of the scenes could be triggering for people who have experienced similar transphobia and violence, so please take care of yourselves when reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

planning2read's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming and War

silvernfire's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, Self harm, and War

bea_a_bea's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Sexual harassment

tangoscore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

cozyscones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

30something_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.25

 4.25

How do you even try to explain this story without sounding absolutely bonkers? It was so beautiful and weird. And about finding and building a family full of love from the most unexpected of places.

I really adored this. 😌❤️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Minor: Violence and War

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I read this book for the trans rights read a thon. It was very interesting and I was interested in the trans protagonist. Her story was really good but it was mixed up in magical realism and fantasy and other people and aliens that I did not care about as much. I think it’s a better read for people who love fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Outing, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

actual_hobbit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

Aliens, demons, music, found family - the strange mix is surprisingly wonderful. Alongside that are deeply emotional moments showing gender dysphoria and the queer experience. It'll stick with you! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence