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aamarii_98's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
v_v_'s review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
mepresley's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
- 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
5.0
This was a lovely book, centered around love, loss, grief, and space travel. We have a dual timeline, with parts of the novel taking place in 1986 and other parts taking place in an unspecified year sometime in the mid- 21st century .
Our main character is Nedda Papas, 11 years old in 1986 when The Challenger explodes. Nedda lives in a small town, Easter, and in the wake of The Challenger explosion, weird things begin happening in Easter: with the sky, the weather, the water, the roads, the orange grove.
Nedda's father, Theo, an ex-NASA employee, has been researching entropy, and the machine he built, Crucible, turns out to be at the center of Easter entering what the book refers to as a sinkhole of time. Nedda and her mother, Betheen, come together to reverse the effects of the malfunctioning entropy machine, though Theo is sacrificed in the process. Once Crucible is destroyed and Easter is released from its time bubble, the residents find that 50 years have passed in the outside world in what was only a few days for them. The people of Easter are dubbed The Gappers.
In the other timeline, Nedda is aboard the spaceship Chawla, one of a four-person crew headed to a new planet to colonize and save the human species. The ship is having technical issues--energy spikes from the life support system, Amadeus, which are resulting in excessive radiation the crew is dumping in their landing water. If the crew is unable to fix the issue, they will never reach the new planet. Nedda realizes that the problem is just like what happened with Crucible--in fact, Amadeus was developed by Theo's friend and ex-colleague, using Theo's research--and is able to make the necessary repair.
Our main character is Nedda Papas, 11 years old in 1986 when The Challenger explodes. Nedda lives in a small town, Easter, and in the wake of The Challenger explosion, weird things begin happening in Easter: with the sky, the weather, the water, the roads, the orange grove.
Nedda's father, Theo, an ex-NASA employee, has been researching entropy, and the machine he built, Crucible,
In the other timeline, Nedda is aboard the spaceship Chawla, one of a four-person crew headed to a new planet to colonize and save the human species. The ship is having technical issues--energy spikes from the life support system, Amadeus, which are resulting in excessive radiation the crew is dumping in their landing water. If the crew is unable to fix the issue, they will never reach the new planet.
scienceworks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
ede08's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I love my scifi and this was good however we never really understood how amadeus made her space travel possible or how popping the bubble made it work? I didn’t like her ending line about how she carried women and the men who had suppressed them because it felt thrown in. We don’t really explore that that much and it reduces her character. There had been a great exploration of her character in all other senses but that was what summed her up? Idk if I’d agree with that. 10/10 for the delicious delectable writing. Gorgeous literary descriptions that melded the scifi writing and explanations and loved how she explored the characterizations with the smell and little things about people.
horizonous's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, and Dementia
◦ Chronic illness: Psoriatic Arthritis, vision lossnoranne's review against another edition
This book was just so boring. I didn't finish because I was a quarter in and didn't care about any of it. I felt like it was trying to be literary and only incidentally sci-fi, which is fine but not my cup of tea. I cared so little about the politely strained marriage, the snooze-worthy small town, the yawning stereotypical nerdy main character...there's a hint of story happening on the spaceship but it hasn't really been developed at all and it's too far into the book to save it for me now.
dbartelt's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
fast-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? It's complicated
4.5
mimi_bookster's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-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
3.75