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redplanetreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Favorite Female Character: Lilibet
Favorite Male Character: Lew-Eadin
I had a hard time getting into this book at first. The author’s choice to create her own dialect was strange and took a long time to get used to, but at the same time it provided a stimulating linguistic challenge. The characters are somewhat grating up until the end, but I think I’ve formed bonds with at least some of them. Hard to get through for most of it, but definitely picks up at the end.
Favorite Male Character: Lew-Eadin
I had a hard time getting into this book at first. The author’s choice to create her own dialect was strange and took a long time to get used to, but at the same time it provided a stimulating linguistic challenge. The characters are somewhat grating up until the end, but I think I’ve formed bonds with at least some of them. Hard to get through for most of it, but definitely picks up at the end.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Body shaming
Minor: Blood
brookey8888's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I really enjoyed this! Did I have absolutely no idea what they were talking about when talking about the technology, yes, but I still understand it somehow and enjoyed this story still. I really loved Andra as a man character. I loved the fat representation. I really liked Zhade as well and then together. I thought the world was interesting. This book also made me laugh and gasp. It was slow to start hence the 4 star. I did not see a lot coming, but maybe it’s just because I was so engrossed in the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting
typedtruths's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Death, and Kidnapping
Minor: Death of parent and Murder
devynvictoria's review against another edition
adventurous
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
3.75
The first half of the book was really slow for me and took me awhile to get into, but after about halfway through the pace really picked up and it was a great read. There were lots of plot twists and a lot of the time it’s hard to know who to trust. Zhade is like the ultimate example of a gaslighter, like whoa
Because it’s the future, the english language has evolved a bit making it a little hard to understand at first and adding to the slow pace of the beginning. Overall I enjoyed this book and am excited to pick up the sequel.
Because it’s the future, the english language has evolved a bit making it a little hard to understand at first and adding to the slow pace of the beginning. Overall I enjoyed this book and am excited to pick up the sequel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment
adancewithbooks's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Goddess in the Machine has been on my radar ever since I first saw that cover and heard the title. Adding that it is sci-fi was only a bonus. And I was not left dissapointed. Goddess in the Machine stands out by its nuanced humor, its characters and plotting.
We start with Andra waking up from a cryogenic sleep. She should be waking up on a ship on route to a new planet. Instead she wakes up in a cavern, 1000 years too late, with a young men looming over her and talking in a way that she can barely grasp, calling her goddess. Its with this mystery we follow Andra throughout the book. Finding pieces along the way to figure out what truly happened. It keeps you guessing along the way. You wonder who you can truly trust. Is it Zhade? Or is he up to something as well as his brother? And what has actually happened to Andra?
The world where she is, is different than her own. A 1000 years has not evolved her people (as she suspects they are decendants from the colonists she was suppose to be among) as she would expect. They call technology magic and those that can work it sorcer. And she can't quite seem to work it. The worldbuilding we discover alongside Andra and it is done really well. Never too much, always just enough, where I felt that I had a good grasp on the world and the things that were happening. Including the politics. Nice and twisty. The language also changed. They speak a form of English that does take some getting used to.
Andra is just a joy to follow along all the twists and turns. She has no idea what is going on but she has to now surive in a place where they think she is a goddess. And she goes right along. There is no other way. But that doesn't mean that she lets everyone blindside her. She has her own plans and goals. Her own emotions that come out. She feels so confident but on the inside she has her doubts about her abbilities and her body. She is curvy and her memories hint towards her mother not being appreciative of that.
The overall interactions with some nuanced and biting humor together with the world building, twists and turns made this a joy to read.
We start with Andra waking up from a cryogenic sleep. She should be waking up on a ship on route to a new planet. Instead she wakes up in a cavern, 1000 years too late, with a young men looming over her and talking in a way that she can barely grasp, calling her goddess. Its with this mystery we follow Andra throughout the book. Finding pieces along the way to figure out what truly happened. It keeps you guessing along the way. You wonder who you can truly trust. Is it Zhade? Or is he up to something as well as his brother? And what has actually happened to Andra?
The world where she is, is different than her own. A 1000 years has not evolved her people (as she suspects they are decendants from the colonists she was suppose to be among) as she would expect. They call technology magic and those that can work it sorcer. And she can't quite seem to work it. The worldbuilding we discover alongside Andra and it is done really well. Never too much, always just enough, where I felt that I had a good grasp on the world and the things that were happening. Including the politics. Nice and twisty. The language also changed. They speak a form of English that does take some getting used to.
Andra is just a joy to follow along all the twists and turns. She has no idea what is going on but she has to now surive in a place where they think she is a goddess. And she goes right along. There is no other way. But that doesn't mean that she lets everyone blindside her. She has her own plans and goals. Her own emotions that come out. She feels so confident but on the inside she has her doubts about her abbilities and her body. She is curvy and her memories hint towards her mother not being appreciative of that.
The overall interactions with some nuanced and biting humor together with the world building, twists and turns made this a joy to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Blood and Death of parent
Memories of diet culture | ritualistic killings | Loss of a loved one
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