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Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

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mirandarose's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

himalaya's review against another edition

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3.5

This was okay, but I found it a bit boring overall. Kinda slow paced even though it skips forward quite a lot.

it has a lot going on and I found some of the commentary a bit basic or not fully explored (like ohhh Internet Bad - it does somewhat get into the fact that the capitalism is the problem with that but not entirely)

I liked the concept of the ending but it took a while to get there. Would probably have preferred more focus on the white alice people.

devonadelle's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

2.5

kristinj1's review against another edition

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This book was a little too close to home for me. There's been a major climate crisis that not a lot of the world survived, it helped to have a lot of money and live in a separate, sanitized, closed off community if you wanted to survive, and young women were forced to be sex workers in order to survive. 100% triggering for me, not something I wanted to spend my time reading.

svinc038's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

bookish_withsky's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5

I enjoyed the story telling and general plot line, but I loved the social commentary and took quite a lot away from that aspect. It stayed pretty interesting consistently, but I don't think it was the kind of book I'd put front and center on my bookshelf to rave about.