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bug_lightyear's review against another edition
4.5
Main character is a very smart and rich engineer who moved on to something else after a traumatic accident while testing a prototype. Another character is a super famous robotics engineer and is also a woman.
The ship is built to accommodate 3 different types of gravity (Earth, Lunar and Mars) and the physics of it seem plausible but I dit not put too much effort into understanding it. The image of the ship didn't display properly on my ereader.
Main character uses sometimes a cane sometimes no mobility aids.
I like that there is some futuristic technology to improve her life but doesn't magically heal the disability. At the end the author says it is based on an already existing technology called Deep Brain Stimulator her mum has for Parkinson's and it's actually fascinating.
Characters introduce themselves with pronouns and the gender neutral honorific Mx is used for everyone. Side characters have a mix of pronouns including they/them and a minor character uses ze/zir. There is also some short dialogues in (Lunar) French and they use ael as a gender neutral pronoun, from context it isn't clear if they use it for everyone, for specific people or like a neutral equivalent to they/them.
Each chapter starts with a cocktail recipe, some non alcoholic. They don't display well in very large characters on my ereader but still readable.
In the acknowledgements, the author says she rewrote some parts of the book to include masking as she says she "can no longer imagine a future in which they aren't part of our lives". In this book they are mostly used for privacy to avoid being recognised in public.
Most authors post 2020 conveniently ignore the ongoing covid pandemic, say it's over, or pretend it was never there in the first place so I love seeing an author who consciously writes masking as a thing in a distant future.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Alcohol
redwing's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Murder and Violence
Minor: Kidnapping
illusivejam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism, Death, and Murder
silentrequiem's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol
Moderate: Murder, Medical content, Police brutality, Death, and Confinement
Minor: Sexism, Classism, and Ableism
eleanora's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Police brutality
Minor: Drug abuse, Confinement, and Drug use
alisonvh's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Drug use, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality
Minor: Ableism
readsacb's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail
iono's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Police brutality, Alcohol, Death, and Kidnapping
Minor: Medical content, Sexism, Ableism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content
ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Murder and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Violence and Medical trauma
Minor: Ableism, Police brutality, and Kidnapping
tanouska's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Chronic illness
Minor: Kidnapping