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mo345's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape and Grief
Minor: Cursing, Medical content, Abortion, and Alcohol
The xenophobia tag refers to opinions some characters in the book have about aliens.bookswithbethx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
scifi_rat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Prose: 4★
Pace: 4★
Concept/Execution: 5★/4.5★
Characters: 4.75★
Worldbuilding: 4.5★
Ending: 4★
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Bullying, Blood, Abortion, and Alcohol
poisonenvy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
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Where to start with this review? I loved this book a lot. There are a number of content warnings so if you have triggers you should make sure to check them out.
Following the destruction of Earth, the last scraps of humanity have gone to live on Gaea, a space station that is barely self-sustaining. Kyr has grown up on this station, trained since birth to be an obedient solider, bent on fighting for humanity against the aliens who have destroyed the planet. Gaea is a radicalized, fascist society, and the novel follows Kyr as she slowly becomes deradicalized.
This book was great. The characters were all fantastic. It's really easy to hate Kyr. It's really easy to hate a lot of the characters. The process of unlearning all the things they've been taught is long and it's not easy.
I found that the ending got a little overambitious with some of the things that it wanted to tackle; it lost some of the nuance that makes up the first 3/4ths of the book. Regardless of that though, I still found this to be nearly a five star read. The characters were fantastic, with lots of depth and nuance and so, so many flaws. The prose was great, and I found a lot of the descriptions to be very cinematic. The plot kept me hooked; I didn't want to put down this book the times that I had to.
There are definitely flaws with this story, but none of them really took away my enjoyment for the novel as a whole.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and War
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Racism, and Rape
sissix_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, Violence, and War
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
miraclesnow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Rape and Outing
millbot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence
analenegrace'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
4.5
The feminism of this book is so important as it takes a character who is a staunch believer in her bio-essentialist community and learns to see the amazingness of the women around her and the women who came before her; especially those who beared children for their community.
Often we not only forget the women who came before us, but forget the women around us, forced to live a bio-essentialist life. This book is an important reminder, especially in a post-Roe world, the importance of who we consider when we discuss feminism, intersectionality, and bio-essentialism.
Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, War, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Abortion
gondorgirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
solari'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
4.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and War
There are lots of things discussed in the book that may be off putting. Please read the authors note before reading the story.