A review by story_goblin
Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

This book is pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. It's a space opera/mystery thing packed with action, queer characters, and female leads. To me, though, it suffered a bit from trying to be too much- part mystery novel but also space opera, part treatise on human nature but also condemnation of corporate greed, part exploration of grief in its many forms plus the many different reactions to it but also action-packed. There just wasn't really room to do ALL of those things well. Also, honestly, the literature references were more just distracting than anything else (and I'm an English teacher). But it was vivid and intense and generally pretty neat. 
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