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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
3.5 stars
Fun rolicking adventure but a few too many deus ex machinas.
I appreciate the humor but I wish it had a touch more hard sci fi and philosophical musings. I kept wishing it was more like Project Hail Mary.
Fun rolicking adventure but a few too many deus ex machinas.
I appreciate the humor but I wish it had a touch more hard sci fi and philosophical musings. I kept wishing it was more like Project Hail Mary.
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
not as good as the first book but i still had a great time
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Definitely fun. Not hyper substantial. I want to hang out with Speaker more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Death
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
No
A solid 3.5 star read. I really enjoyed how this duology wrapped up: it felt more meaningful than the movie version. I also loved that the Ship of Theseus metaphor came back around towards the end.
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-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
adventurous
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
I couldn’t get over how all the humans were pretty much constantly dismissive, incurious, and gratuitously disrespectful toward this incredibly intelligent native sentient species. How was NOBODY going “holy shit the aliens were so invested in talking to us that they invented a speech generating machine—let’s start the cultural exchange by listening to anything they’re willing to tell us about how to survive on this planet”? Like, I get that some characters would get stuck on “they look like giant bugs” and cease trying to understand, but…it just really grated on me. Maybe that was the point, and it’s meant to be a mirror of colonization. Maybe it’s a fault of mine that, in this type of book, I guess I want to be able to root for the pov character—and he didn’t act much better than the guy who immediately started making up slurs.