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challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
This book is very well-executed on a technical level, but it's... very weird. I don't read a lot of hard sci-fi, though, and this is not the kind of book I tend to go for (the central themes mostly have to do with religion vs atheism, intelligent design vs evolution, biology vs individuality, stuff like that. Not my thing). Ultimately I found it interesting, but disturbing. Much of the book is permeated with a sense of unseen danger (if I could select "tense" from the list of moods twice, I would) & I would not recommend it to anyone else with anxiety problems.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Medical content
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