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sludge90 's review for:

Before Mars by Emma Newman
4.0

Well-realised characters with complex motivations and *actual* inner lives; rich, mature concepts and themes; a vivid and engaging mystery; and a commitment to compelling world-building.

I am usually disappointed to find any or all of these things lacking in so much of what I read at the moment.

Occasional stretches of clumsy writing weren't enough to change my mind that this is everything I look for in a genre I love.