witch_dagger's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Ark: 3.5⭐️
Summer Frost: 3⭐️
Emergency Skin: 5⭐️
You Have Arrived At Your Destination: 2.5⭐️
The Last Conversation: 4⭐️
Randomize: 3⭐️

flaviasantos's review against another edition

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3.0

Difícil dar notas pra coletâneas, então vai um medião aí (mas seria 2,5).
No geral pareceu umas ideias legais, até, mas talvez por ser em contos, não deu pra desenvolver tão bem.
Achei uma mistura de Black Mirror com 21 Lissões para o Século XXI, mas sem a inovação do primeiro e sem o embasamento do segundo.

Summer Frost - 2
Detestei os personagens. Pareceu uma imitação barata e dramática de Black Mirror ou Minority Report.

Pele de Emergência - 4
Pareceu um ótimo prólogo pra um filme de revolução e anarquia e guilhotina que eu assistiria certamente.

Arca - 3
Até que gostei do ritmo e da premissa. Teve uma vibe meio melancólica que também saiu monótona e entediante.

Você chegou ao seu destino - 3,5
Vontade de dar zero do tanto que começou muuuuito bem e terminou péssimo.
Adorei o take sobre as fronteiras e consequências dos avanços em genética, e todas as consequências provenientes disso. Mas depois terminou de um jeito idiota e fim.

A última conversa - 1
Chato.

Randomizando - 2,5
Não tenho conhecimento suficiente sobre programação pra entender se foi baboseira ou se tem sentido, mas já acho que isso é uma falha. Ficção científica pode ser complexa mas deveria conseguir explicar pelo menos uma base pra um leitor não especialista. O plot twist pareceu meio bobão, talvez em um filme mais elaborado poderia ser interessante.

evamarina's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • 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

4.0

szenekfanni's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

valodniece's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Individual story ratings:

Ark - 4.5/5
Summer Frost - 4/5
Emergency Skin - 10/5
You Have Arrived At Your Destination - 3/5 
The Last Conversation - 3/5
Randomize - 4/5

Emergency Skin, with Jason Isaacs' chilling second person narration, was the runaway favourite. The others were okay, but this one was such a standout that even Ark, my second favourite, trails it by quite a margin.

amandasupak's review

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adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

sammiseah's review

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adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

ckatie454's review

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adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

misterythemermaid's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ashlikes's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75