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Starsight took the little nuggets of info we got in Skyward and ran with them! This book expanded on the universe so much, and I absolutely loved it.

The new cast of characters were so fun to get to know (though I will say that I missed Jerkface and Quirk). Also, Spensa learned so much about her internal biases and WE LOVE AN ANTIRACIST MESSAGE! Whoop whoop!

M-bot continues to be such a funny character, and the themes of consciousness and self determinism were so interesting to explore through his lens. I also love Doomslug, she’s such a good slug, and am excited to spend more time with her in the next books.

This series is so bingeable, and I will definitely be reading the novellas asap. I’m not sure what exactly kept this from being a dove star book for me, but it didn’t have ~the vibe~ so it gets a solid 4.5 stars.

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adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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giulianalb99's review against another edition

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adventurous informative 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? Yes

3.75

Me ha gustado el libro, como todos los que Sanderson escribe, pero creo que este es el que menos me ha gustado de todos. Es bueno, eso sí, pero sólo se centra en la protagonista, dejando a los demás personajes del primer libro apareciendo como mucho en 50 páginas y me hubiera gustado saber más de ellos mientras Spensa estaba fuera. En algunos momentos se me ha hecho un poco pesado y me he tardado más de lo normal en terminar este libro, pero aún así, me ha gustado mucho todas las dudas que se han resuelto del primer libro aunque este te deja con ganas de querer leer el tercero por el inmenso cliffhanger del final. M-Bot, como siempre, es mi personaje favorito y le da un toque de humor a toda la trama, y la verdad es que Babosa Letal me ha sorprendido para bien, la amo y quiero una de mascota.
Creo que Sanderson a estas alturas es incapaz de decepcionarme y por ello es uno de mis escritores favoritos, y aunque tenía expectativas bastante altas con este libro, es el que menos he disfrutado (pero sigue siendo muy bueno).

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Not as fast paced and fun as first one but that’s mostly because it’s the second book and had to world build and build up towards the third book. I’m amazed at how complex a story the author can create.

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themoodreader's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious 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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minzzi's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

4.0

I flew throw this book in the speed of light. Could not put it down.
All the worldbuilding details that I asked for after reading book 1 are here and I loved all of it. From the Supremacy and their political schemes to the Delvers and the gigantic treat they represent.
Learning about the new characters, their different alien biology and cultures was also super cool and I loved all of them. But Brade was still the most interesting to me. The way this alien governament turned her against her own species is insane.
My only real complaint is that we spend so much time with Spensa and this new alien characters, we barely see the human characters we already know. I really wanted to learn more about them, but all we got was a few small chapters from Jorgens perspective. So I really hope we get more from these characters in the next book.
Also - I noticed this in the first book, but in this one is way more prominent - the writing was kinda wonky in some places. Repeating the same descriptions in different fight scenes like they were copy pasted, using the same adjectives over and over again, puting two words that mean the same thing right next to each other. In not taking away any star for this, because I'm hopping its a problem with the translation, so I'm going to get book 3 in english to see how the original writing is.

The only two things that bothered me in the narrative were a) Ironsides simply desapered. She was a huge part of book 1 and there is no explanation of were she went and b) Jorgen being a citonic. I'm not mad that he is one, but the way the author introduced that fact in the story was so boring. Like it was nothing important. We don't even get to see Jorgen struggle with the fact he has powers.

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

I loved this book. I liked the first one but this one was so much better. The description of the alien world pulled me right in. I would definitely recommend this to any sci-fi fan.

I loved how considered the different needs of the aliens were as if highlighting how a society can be disability friendly.

I also loved how pronouns were used so casually in the book with the alien species being referred to as they/them as well as she/her and he/him. The concept of how all the aliens were weird to the main character and it also pointed out how that was a very human way at looking at it was so good!! The detailed description of of the different species with different cultures and ideas and even ways of reproducing was fascinating.

The twists of the plot as well. They were definitely foreshadowed but I had no idea and everything just perfectly slotted into place. Things started happening so quickly in the last 150 pages. It did frustrate me how it ended so suddenly so I guess I'll have to read the next book very soon (although I am going to read the first two novellas first).

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adventurous challenging informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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