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bethl's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault
local_hat's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts
kkruger8's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.25
Honestly the concept was fun but it takes such an unexpected turn with sexual assault and misogyny and the most random sex scene ever it’s all downhill to a point it was like all the characters were replaced with pod people there was nothing to redeem it
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
firstknight's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
loribell's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, and Sexual assault
mblanke's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
koboldskind's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
2.5
Warning! Sexual assault out of the blue likely to trigger some people.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
onceandfuturelaura's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I don't know if I just got in this loop of portal fantasy recommendations or what, but as I've been back filling the last 10 years of fantasy and science fiction, I keep reading these books about organizations with the ability to leave their space time coordinates and jump to other ones. Sometimes important stuff (The Future of Another Timeline, Jerusalem). Sometimes stripped down, intensely personal stories (This is How We Lose the Timewar). A LOT of ephemera. (The Invisible Library, Constance Verity). Whatever The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O was. I don't know if there was a conference, a list serve, or if genre is responding to TV, or something else entirely, but the pattern keeps repeating.
In this one, shadowy corporates are funding adventure historians to go and do stuff. Very much like The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. and a bit like the Kaiju Preservation Society. Our heroes are brave and true. But they have enemies who want to exploit history for profit. There's definitely something interesting lurking in there about our relationship to history.
The prose is quite good. The protagonist is hella overpowered, though not to Constance Verity levels. She's smart, sexy, snarky, good in a fight, and can hold her liquor. She doesn't human all that well, for which I can forgive her rather limited insight into the other characters, who come off as being rather thin. Several seem to be eviling for evil's sake, which makes me roll my eyes.
Would have been a great bus book. There is a pretty vividly and repeatedly described attempted sexual assault for those who are sensitive about such things.
In this one, shadowy corporates are funding adventure historians to go and do stuff. Very much like The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. and a bit like the Kaiju Preservation Society. Our heroes are brave and true. But they have enemies who want to exploit history for profit. There's definitely something interesting lurking in there about our relationship to history.
The prose is quite good. The protagonist is hella overpowered, though not to Constance Verity levels. She's smart, sexy, snarky, good in a fight, and can hold her liquor. She doesn't human all that well, for which I can forgive her rather limited insight into the other characters, who come off as being rather thin. Several seem to be eviling for evil's sake, which makes me roll my eyes.
Would have been a great bus book. There is a pretty vividly and repeatedly described attempted sexual assault for those who are sensitive about such things.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault
jesshart8's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Miscarriage
rachsed's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault