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stormeno's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment and Homophobia
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Classism, Grief, Addiction, and Child abuse
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
rld_8's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I was provided an Advance Readers Copy of this book from BookFunnel in exchange for leaving my honest opinion in a review.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was a fun, queer, sci-fi story with interesting characters and complex issues. I did have a couple of issues with it though. My main issue is probably how passive Casper (the main character) is for at least the first half of the book. I was never sure why his chapters were so boring to me compared to the other main character'sHelix' and Talleah chapters but it is because they are constantly making choices and reacting to things whereas Casper just kind of has stuff happen to him.
I was also a little confused because the first 4% of this book made me so so so emotional, and I did not get the same attachment throughout the rest of the book. The main couple, Casper and Helix, get together very quickly with little build up and a lot of their romantic conversations on the surface felt forced and awkward . Aside from that, their causal interactions were fun a friendly and I loved reading them.
For me, it was only about 24% into the book where I actually started getting interested in the plot which isn't great for me because I usually only give books to about 20% before I decide to dnf them. Once we got past that point, things began to pick up, but Casper's chapters were the last ones to get interesting considering he's the main main character.
I really loved how complex the issues that were dealt with were and how characters have to really think about their own sense of self and moral.
As for the ending,there were definitely a couple hints dropped as to what could come next, but it did not feel like part one of a series. Ngl after about 80%ish ever chapter felt like it could have reasonably been the end of the book and then the second book would deal with the cliff hanger and then the fallout of what happens .
I would definitely recommend reading this book is queer sci-fi is what you are into, but have patience.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was a fun, queer, sci-fi story with interesting characters and complex issues. I did have a couple of issues with it though. My main issue is probably how passive Casper (the main character) is for at least the first half of the book. I was never sure why his chapters were so boring to me compared to the other main character's
I was also a little confused because the first 4% of this book made me so so so emotional, and I did not get the same attachment throughout the rest of the book.
For me, it was only about 24% into the book where I actually started getting interested in the plot which isn't great for me because I usually only give books to about 20% before I decide to dnf them. Once we got past that point, things began to pick up, but Casper's chapters were the last ones to get interesting considering he's the main main character.
I really loved how complex the issues that were dealt with were and how characters have to really think about their own sense of self and moral.
As for the ending,
I would definitely recommend reading this book is queer sci-fi is what you are into, but have patience.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Child abuse
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