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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
great concept but a bit lackluster in execution. i loved the world building and was so intrigued with the prologue! unfortunately the rest of the book can’t quite live up to the set up - while the world continues to be interesting and engaging (humanity floating around jupiter and trying to find a way to reintroduce earth’s ecosystems? sign me tf up), the murder mystery part felt very flat to me.
i almost would’ve preferred for the murder mystery to be cut and instead focus on fleshing out the world, the society of this future and the two leading women. i loved the glimpses of their past that we get to see (i only found out that this was the first part of a series when i was done with this one so i assume this will be explored in further installments) and the lesbian crisis moments were honestly just so valid - i feel ya with that one pleiti fr.
i almost would’ve preferred for the murder mystery to be cut and instead focus on fleshing out the world, the society of this future and the two leading women. i loved the glimpses of their past that we get to see (i only found out that this was the first part of a series when i was done with this one so i assume this will be explored in further installments) and the lesbian crisis moments were honestly just so valid - i feel ya with that one pleiti fr.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I love a good space opera. Really cool world building! I would have liked a little more insight into the leads and their relationship but really enjoyed the story otherwise.
medium-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:
No
I liked the settings lot, the mystery was ok, the characters were quite but a little bit fake? I will read more to figure out if I like it :)
This has a great first sentence: “The man had disappeared from an isolated platform; the furthest platform eastward, in fact, on the 4°63' line, never a very popular ring.”
I like all the material culture: the recognizable but alien description of the “train station and station pub” equivalents, the clothes, the food. The prose is simple, doing the slightest bit of offbeat classic sci-fi pastiche with a quiet competence that makes me appreciate it all the more. There’s some fun inclusion of non-English languages that don’t seem forced, but rather like quite natural loanwords or calques that would crop up in the far future on a planet populated by the remnants of all Earth. Plot-relevant catnip. The characters were lightly sketched, but fun, familiar types. It’s a little bleak, both because the premise of Earthly destruction and the eventual end of the mystery plot hit rather close to home, but it’s also a little cozy and a little funny and a lovely way to spend an evening.
I like all the material culture: the recognizable but alien description of the “train station and station pub” equivalents, the clothes, the food. The prose is simple, doing the slightest bit of offbeat classic sci-fi pastiche with a quiet competence that makes me appreciate it all the more. There’s some fun inclusion of non-English languages that don’t seem forced, but rather like quite natural loanwords or calques that would crop up in the far future on a planet populated by the remnants of all Earth. Plot-relevant catnip. The characters were lightly sketched, but fun, familiar types. It’s a little bleak, both because the premise of Earthly destruction and the eventual end of the mystery plot hit rather close to home, but it’s also a little cozy and a little funny and a lovely way to spend an evening.