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scmiller's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Drug abuse, and Grief
cassimiranda's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
~The past has left its traces on the world, and we only have to know how to read them.~
This collection of short stories explores intelligence, agency, and self-determination. Each story explores these questions in a unique hard science fiction settings. The worlds are interesting and well-developed and the themes are intriguing. My favorite story, The Great Silence, explores human’s inability to recognize intelligent, if dissimilar, communication from close to home. While thought-provoking and imaginative, the prose style is distancing. This made it difficult to connect with the characters, and reduced my overall enjoyment.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent, Genocide, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Animal death, Abandonment, and Addiction
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