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rachaelbunny's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Chronic illness, Violence, War, Death, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Police brutality, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Body horror
ekcd_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Kicks off with a doomed gig to disciple an unruly colony and ends on the very same colony except now everyone is war torn!
I read this book non stop for a week and cried twice. I don’t even cry with books.
The 30 year time jump was handled well enough - wish there was more hinting at what we missed in the inbetween years but it wasn’t completely missing
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Hate crime, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Bullying, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings
iono's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Violence, War, and Colonisation
Moderate: Terminal illness, Cursing, Confinement, Murder, and Gun violence
Minor: Mental illness, Grief, Torture, Medical content, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Cultural appropriation
kerttuli's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence and Blood
Moderate: Terminal illness, Violence, War, and Death
Minor: Medical content
truecrimefan's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: War
Minor: Terminal illness
caryndi's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
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Once I got past the weirdness of the time skip, though, I did really enjoy the book. I didn't love Drummer as a narrator—her character fell a little flat for me—and it was weird to suddenly get other <I>Rocinante</I> crewmembers as narrators in the last 1/3rd of the book. I especially enjoyed Amos' storyline; <spoilers>having an emotional arc for him was touching and it made Clarissa's death that much harder.
Recommend? Yes; it takes a bit of adjustment in the first few chapters with the time skip, but it's an excellent story and I enjoyed the central conflict here a lot.
Graphic: Blood and Gun violence
Minor: Death