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blahdrien's review
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
joss05's review
adventurous
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Interesting premise but doesn’t delve into it.
mallomello's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Feels much more like fantasy in space than science fiction. The most well fleshed out parts of the book are essentially about Earth — infodumping about Irish or Japanese customs. Characterization is thin, and the behavior/philosophies of the characters (who generally don’t really grow much at all) seem more a matter of convenience than any sort of coherent result of who they are. Honestly, it does fairly little of what it says on the tin.
colorfulleo92's review
3.0
I kept shifting trough the book from really enjoying it to not so much. So between a 3 stars and 3.5
posthumusly's review
3.0
Interesting, but a bit slow. I did really like reading the accents - thought the brogue was done well.
avanthiannotates's review against another edition
Narrators voice was irritating and they read sentences like a robot. Awful. And their accents were horrendous.
Will read the physical book
Will read the physical book
damarisr's review
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
vampar's review
4.0
3.5 Well-written and engaging for the most part. An interesting idea but there were some plot lines I wanted explored that went with the easy answer instead.
eam541's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
raciethereader's review
4.0
I am going with a 4.5 for this fast-paced and immersive read. Earth sends scientists to an alien planet. A ship leaves 400 of them there, but in the meantime earth experiences a disaster that sets back technology making it impossible to return. This book mainly follows Ichiko as she meets the settlers of the planet while her ship is trying to determine how whether life between the two planets is possible. I loved the tie in of Irish culture and the note at the end about the Blasket Islands as I have always been fascinated by them. I am finding that I am loving pure sci fi more than I expected to these days.