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Adrian Tchaikovsky

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adventurous lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Strong Murderbot vibes if Murderbat was a butler and a bit of Klara and The Sun. 

As per usual, beautiful writing by Adrian Tchaikovsky and great world building. I had a bit of an issue with the pacing at some parts of the book but overall, I enjoyed it once it picked up and move to the next gear and from there on it was hard to put down. Iloved the themes explored in this book and the humour between Charles and the Wonk, their banter was a well-timed comic relief through the book. I had my suspicion with the Wonk but I anticipated her actions at the end might be the opposite of what transpired but I'm not mad about the ending it was much better ending than the one I had in mind. 

After finishing this I read somewhere the meaning behind chapter naming, mind blowing. That went over my head
adventurous challenging dark funny slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A lot of this book felt like reading Catch 22 again for the first time. 

But ultimately it's a funny, heartbreaking story of friendship and also the end of the world. 
adventurous challenging funny hopeful reflective 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
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DID NOT FINISH: 79%

End go to episodic and preachy for my tastes. 
adventurous dark funny sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 Delightfully clever, dark, and fun, I was not sure where things were going to end, but it was fun getting there. 
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes