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A review by nikey_view
Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I remember when I saw the book cover for the first time, it automatically caught my attention, fascinated me, and it seems futuristic (and hell yeah it fits the story enough). I read the blurb and it sounds fun. So I bravely request the ARC and take a risk to read sci-fi adventures book LOL (just bcs sci-fi isn't my main comfort genre).
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So the book follow Ocean, a talented space pilot in Korean's solar system-dominating space agency, Alliance. She gained a bad reputation after her last mission goes wrong. Then, she was transferred to a poorly managed government Alliance ship and meet her new crewmates, make friends with them but at the same time the captain hate her. When her bestfriend (Theo)'s spaceship is shot down by unknown enemy and falsely accused of killing his own family, she and her crewmates find themselves thrust into a political and physical conflict for which they may not be fully prepared.
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The pace was okay to me. Although there is nothing "big" happened at the first half of the book, yet it still enjoyable bcs of the characters in Ohneul spaceship are loveable and witty. Every character brings along their unique backstory deeply rooted in diverse cultures. Personally, Ocean is my fave character. She maybe gives an intimidating first impression, but it turns out she really care so much about her crewmates.
This book is "the more you read the book, the more you enjoyed it" kind of book so when you hit on ±50% of the book, I promise the whole story becoming more and more interesting bcs the conflict is getting more tenser and the real adventure in the spaceship begin with a fair amount of actions. Imagine, traveling interplanetary, exciting fight scenes with enemy in the space, and hunted down by another spaceship.
I love how the story fused with some of Korean culture bcs in this and there are some Korean terms/words/slangs that gladly I know all of it without reading the glossarium (damn, I didn't even know there's a glossarium LOL). So, for y'all who wants to read the book, but worried bcs didn't know any Korean words, easyyyy, just check the glossarium at the back of the book. It's a good, a fun, and pretty comprehensive glossarium.
The world building maybe is on the weak side, I think it's not fully described bcs the author focused on the characters journey and the plot which is I guess will lead to a more bigger political plot and more complex conflicts in the sequel book.
The thing that I didn't expected to happen is *whisper* there is a romaaaance~. A slow-burn, slightly silted, yet a pretty good romance. And I think I should say this for your consideration to read the book or not, the romances that given to the readers here are both heterosexual and gay romances.
Another thing that I didn't expected iiiis the fact that this book, probably, gonna be a series. Well, HELL YEAH it SHOULD!!!! Bcs the ending??! It end with cliffhang- NO! It did end rather abruptly, HONESTLY WHYYY??! @elaineucho why you did this to me?! Please give me the sequel of the book ASAP. I'll definitely read the sequel bcs hella yeah I'm dying to know what happened to them.
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Thank you NetGalley, Zando, and @elaineucho for the e-ARC in exchange of my honest review!
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So the book follow Ocean, a talented space pilot in Korean's solar system-dominating space agency, Alliance. She gained a bad reputation after her last mission goes wrong. Then, she was transferred to a poorly managed government Alliance ship and meet her new crewmates, make friends with them but at the same time the captain hate her. When her bestfriend (Theo)'s spaceship is shot down by unknown enemy and falsely accused of killing his own family, she and her crewmates find themselves thrust into a political and physical conflict for which they may not be fully prepared.
.
The pace was okay to me. Although there is nothing "big" happened at the first half of the book, yet it still enjoyable bcs of the characters in Ohneul spaceship are loveable and witty. Every character brings along their unique backstory deeply rooted in diverse cultures. Personally, Ocean is my fave character. She maybe gives an intimidating first impression, but it turns out she really care so much about her crewmates.
This book is "the more you read the book, the more you enjoyed it" kind of book so when you hit on ±50% of the book, I promise the whole story becoming more and more interesting bcs the conflict is getting more tenser and the real adventure in the spaceship begin with a fair amount of actions. Imagine, traveling interplanetary, exciting fight scenes with enemy in the space, and hunted down by another spaceship.
I love how the story fused with some of Korean culture bcs in this and there are some Korean terms/words/slangs that gladly I know all of it without reading the glossarium (
The world building maybe is on the weak side, I think it's not fully described bcs the author focused on the characters journey and the plot which is I guess will lead to a more bigger political plot and more complex conflicts in the sequel book.
The thing that I didn't expected to happen is *whisper* there is a romaaaance~. A slow-burn, slightly silted, yet a pretty good romance. And I think I should say this for your consideration to read the book or not, the romances that given to the readers here are both heterosexual and gay romances.
Another thing that I didn't expected iiiis the fact that this book, probably, gonna be a series. Well, HELL YEAH it SHOULD!!!! Bcs the ending??! It end with cliffhang- NO! It did end rather abruptly, HONESTLY WHYYY??! @elaineucho why you did this to me?! Please give me the sequel of the book ASAP. I'll definitely read the sequel bcs hella yeah I'm dying to know what happened to them.
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Thank you NetGalley, Zando, and @elaineucho for the e-ARC in exchange of my honest review!