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A review by thebooknerdscorner
Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti
2.0
A space opera where two different people from distinct galaxies form an unlikely friendship that isn't limited by the distance that keeps them apart.
Fassen and Lu met during a freak encounter when they were kids and now they are doing everything in their power to keep their relationship a secret. Fassen is constantly in danger of the ever-growing power of the Empire that wants to conquer their people. Lu is trying to stay out of the war, but their loyalty to Fassen is getting them swept up into messier and messier situations.
This book fell into the same spot that ninety-nine percent of space operas fall into for me. I found it boring, I didn't connect to any of the characters, and I couldn't care less about the grand war that was happening across the galaxies. If space adventures are your cup of tea, I'm sure that this book would have been a decent read, but I just took nothing away from literally anything that was happening.
It is kinda fun that all the characters in this book are nonbinary and transgender. Being trans caused some problems for Fassen due to the fact that they were competing for resources (such as testosterone shots) within the military forces. Even this though wasn't strong enough to have me truly interested in anything that was happening.
Overall, I found "Across a Field of Starlight" to be just another space opera graphic novel that I couldn't bring myself to care about. In my brain, it was a boring story with a predictable plot and characters that never caught my eye. Fans of space adventures will have a better shot with this one, but I should really stop picking up books such as this one because they are always so lackluster reading experiences for me.
Fassen and Lu met during a freak encounter when they were kids and now they are doing everything in their power to keep their relationship a secret. Fassen is constantly in danger of the ever-growing power of the Empire that wants to conquer their people. Lu is trying to stay out of the war, but their loyalty to Fassen is getting them swept up into messier and messier situations.
This book fell into the same spot that ninety-nine percent of space operas fall into for me. I found it boring, I didn't connect to any of the characters, and I couldn't care less about the grand war that was happening across the galaxies. If space adventures are your cup of tea, I'm sure that this book would have been a decent read, but I just took nothing away from literally anything that was happening.
It is kinda fun that all the characters in this book are nonbinary and transgender. Being trans caused some problems for Fassen due to the fact that they were competing for resources (such as testosterone shots) within the military forces. Even this though wasn't strong enough to have me truly interested in anything that was happening.
Overall, I found "Across a Field of Starlight" to be just another space opera graphic novel that I couldn't bring myself to care about. In my brain, it was a boring story with a predictable plot and characters that never caught my eye. Fans of space adventures will have a better shot with this one, but I should really stop picking up books such as this one because they are always so lackluster reading experiences for me.