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Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

81 reviews

waqupi's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexism, Suicide, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Abortion, Racism, Homophobia, and Rape

adotzam's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, War, Homophobia, Blood, Violence, Misogyny, Genocide, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Torture, Rape, and Sexual violence

minervacerridwen's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

5.0

I love that this book didn't treat brainwashing as something a character can just as easily shake off. The things Kyr had learned all her life kept returning to haunt her, and I think that's the strength of this book. Action-packed with some shocking turns and interesting worldbuilding, Some Desperate Glory was an impressive rollercoaster.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Ableism, Sexism, Genocide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

bug_gwen's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This was not the book to read during a terrible crisis in the Middle East. Having said that, it’s a compelling portrayal of fanaticism, authoritarianism, and xenophobia. It’s very good, but I just couldn’t 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

Minor: Rape

stacyaj's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

I feel like the book description doesn’t do justice to the complexity that this story brings. It took me a little bit to get into it and not get thrown off by the technical sci-fi aspects, but I ended up completely hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Rape, War, Genocide, and Death

bruisedtigers's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

This is very hard to rate. I love how Tesh writes and the characters are the strongest element of it. I do wonder if this book got cut short? The first section takes its time laying everything out, and then the middle is brief, followed by an even quicker conclusion. None of which was bad, but it felt like it needed more breathing room for the plot. I wanted to see more of the alien culture, more of the world outside of what Kyr knows, more of the

alternate universes, instead of just one

, and more of the relationships between the characters.

Please note that there is an ongoing plot thread regarding

sexual assault

and while nothing is actively depicted, there's a very strong threat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Suicide, War, Genocide, and Violence

kryg's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexism

haleywofford's review

adventurous dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, War, and Torture

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

This book made me remember why I love science fiction so much.
The story somehow pulls off being a space opera while also keeping things very small and intimate. Can't say much without giving away the plot, but MAN this just had so many things I like about sci fi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, War, Gun violence, Genocide, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Homophobia

bookbrig's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This kept me hooked from the beginning, because Kyr was such an interesting perspective character. I liked the world building, and the twists of the story that I didn't anticipate, but I think Kyr is what kept me hooked. This reminded me of Seven Devils/Seven Mercies and The Disasters by M.K. England. It isn't YA, but I think it would work well for the right teen since so many of the characters are teenagers navigating growing up (just on a space station with extremely outsized problems)-the opening includes explicit content warnings. It's definitely a story that's lingering with me after I finished.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Genocide

Minor: Torture