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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 lossgreenwillow77's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.25
This is a poetic, stately kind of a story that is both fascinating, sad, & hopeful. The twist is great, a really neat change from what might have been expected, & the use of science as a language in common between the characters is excellent. I particularly enjoyed Nedda & Betheen’s relationship developing through the story, & the tang of gender discrimination in STEM that that carried with it. There are times when the flow of the story seems to get lost & disjoints (if you don’t like multiple POV then this isn’t the book for you), but it is so lovely & heartfelt that I can almost forgive that. The theme of loss is handled in a way that resonated with me very deeply, the immortality of becoming energy travelling the universe like Judy Resnik or Theo Pappas brought tears to my eyes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Death and Child abuse
Minor: Death
ashsteimle's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Really beautiful. A love letter to light and space and time and yearning for more and living with grief.
I love the way the story told itself around the event and worked backwards to show what happened, but you could feel the gap in the story (in a good way). The only timeskips I found confusing were toward the end whenit was revealed that the town was stuck in time for a while. Like the chapter that took place not in 1986, but not in the future, it could've been more clear what was happening, in my opinion
I love the way the story told itself around the event and worked backwards to show what happened, but you could feel the gap in the story (in a good way). The only timeskips I found confusing were toward the end when
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Cursing
Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Misogyny
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