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lois_2001's review
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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? No
2.5
twfresh's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
therafa's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
colorfulleo92's review
3.0
I liked the concept and ideas put into this but I didn't enjoy listening to the audiobook as much as I had hoped. It wasn't that thrilling, can't stop listening moment but it wasn't that bad either. A so so book
oakamoore's review
2.0
In each of the 'first contact' novels I've read thus far, Cawdron doesn't miss the opportunity to turn what would otherwise be an engaging piece of dialogue into a never ending lecture about something or other.
After reading some of the novels in the series back to back, I've become aware of fact that Cawdron sometimes just copies and pastes these more 'preachy' sections of writing from one book to another, oftentimes keeping the exact same wording.
Also, hard sci-fi != random unrelated facts.
The books in the 'first contact' series are littered with unrelated random facts, this novel being no exception. Cawdron seems to think that these facts lend credence to the proposed nature of the series; being a somewhat 'realistic' portrayal of science fiction, though all they end up doing is cluttering the prose.
One such instance of this, from this particular novel, is a moment towards the end, where the characters are standing outside of an alien lab, having just witnessed the unthinkable, and then one of them starts going on about how, "colour doesn't actually exist".
After reading some of the novels in the series back to back, I've become aware of fact that Cawdron sometimes just copies and pastes these more 'preachy' sections of writing from one book to another, oftentimes keeping the exact same wording.
Also, hard sci-fi != random unrelated facts.
The books in the 'first contact' series are littered with unrelated random facts, this novel being no exception. Cawdron seems to think that these facts lend credence to the proposed nature of the series; being a somewhat 'realistic' portrayal of science fiction, though all they end up doing is cluttering the prose.
One such instance of this, from this particular novel, is a moment towards the end, where the characters are standing outside of an alien lab, having just witnessed the unthinkable, and then one of them starts going on about how, "colour doesn't actually exist".
barbtrek's review
4.0
I enjoyed this book. It was different than I was expecting. The main character is a teenager, not an astronaut or scientist as in most other first contact books. The references to the Bible were interesting.
bobbyg's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
norwegianforestreader's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Classism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Body horror, Child death, War, Blood, and Colonisation