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hanz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Rape, Grief, and Death of parent
felofhe's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Like her other, later series, The Murderbot Diaries, which led me to this book, Martha Wells' first installment of her Books of the Raksura series is a beautifully heart-wrenching and heartwarming story of an outcast looking for their place in the world. Unlike Murderbot, however, the Raksura books and their protagonist, Moon, eschew a cyberpunk futuristic space aesthetic for a world more reminiscent of high fantasy with echoes of Tolkien and Lewis. The Three Worlds, as their known, are rendered in beautiful strokes with multiple types of sentient beings, all coexisting in semi-peaceful harmony. Except for the horrific Fell, which exist as a dark mirror to the Raksura, a comparison drawn early and solidly over the course of this book. Wells' penchant for complex characters is in full force here. Every character has their own motivations and their conflicts never seem forced for dramatics. They all have deeply human motivations and reasons for antagonism. Even the Fell are rendered with enough complexity and care that they seem realistic in their motives. Wells is swiftly climbing the ranks of my favorite writers and I can't wait to continue this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War
Moderate: Sexual content
achingallover's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Rape
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