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Vers les étoiles by Mary Robinette Kowal

30 reviews

cynthiareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Misogyny and Racism

Minor: Sexual harassment and Suicide attempt

pumpkinpit's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

Minor: Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Racism

elliethelibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, and Antisemitism

astrocate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

Il libro narra di temi importanti in modo scorrevole e simpatico. si parla di patriarcato, di razzismo, di misoginia in un contesto post apocalittico e ucronico. ho apprezzato davvero molto l'idea di rifarsi alla storia reale dell'allunaggio ma cambiando alcuni fattori al fine di portare avanti la narrazione; ho trovato un po' meno azzeccata la linea di trama dell'asteroide, che serve solo come scusa per dare fondi al programma spaziale ma che poi non è sviluppata: si sarebbe potuto trovare un altro sistema, dal momento che oltre a questo risulta del tutto irrilevante per la storia, se non per piccolezze. i personaggi avrebbero potuto essere caratterizzati decisamente meglio. il focus sull'ansia della protagonista è molto buono, ma i secondari sono ridotte a macchiette, senza una vera personalità e relegate alla classe che devono rappresentare (il marito della protagonista, la donna nera, l'ostacolo alla protagonista, eccetera.) Spero comunque di vedere il lavoro che sarà fatto per il prequel.

booksthatburn's review against another edition

The setting is an alternate-history version of the 1950’s and 1960’s after a meteorite strikes and wipes out most of the USA’s East Coast. While it’s undoubtedly science fiction, it’s not my preferred kind. It has really nuanced portrayals of issues like sexism and anxiety, but ultimately those are too real for me right now, mostly because of the historical setting.

Not my thing but seems well done, try this if you want an alternate history portrayal of women fighting sexist inertia to be in flight after a catastrophe turns the world’s attention to escaping off-planet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Antisemitism

chessakat's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Bullying, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

foreverbookwandering's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Antisemitism and Bullying

aardwyrm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense 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

4.5

Difficult to read at times because it deals very directly with the double-binds facing women (and making an effort to include all women) in the culture, this is more a work of sociological science fiction than anything else. There's lots of good stuff about rockets and physics! But the alternate history aspects hinge as much on the shock to a culture on the brink of the cold war and the aggressive, history-blind conformity of the fifties suddenly being thrown off that trajectory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Mental illness, Ableism, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt

idksamiguess's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism and Racism

Minor: Antisemitism and Death

leannj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

• 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: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, and Vomit

Moderate: Antisemitism

mention of suicide attempt