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A review by lesbianbarista
You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I really wish I could insert a gif of someone staring at a wall.. but that's too much work so I'll just add this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This book had so much potential! It honestly wasn't at all what I thought in both good and bad ways. It has one of those things in books that makes me a little sad, where you can see the potential and see this rich, beautiful creation but there's too much time spent in one specific place and then everything all at once happens and it's over!!!
I was confused with the POV at times, since it wasn't specified and seemed to flow around freely without ever really explicitly stating (until there were obvious context clues) who we'd moved to. And I know that, thematically, this worked with the whole ex hive-mind aspect, but that aspect was either mentioned too little or too late for it to be an effective story-telling device.
I very very much loved the thinly veiled american military it seemed Rambo was poking at with the Hive (and if she wasn't, I adored the parallels I was able to see). I ADORE Niko, so rarely do I get to read about an older main character and an older WOMAN at that. She was such a great leader and seeing her constantly thinking of her people, sacrificing her own happiness at every turn to help those she loved was UGH top-tier character moments. Adore her.
This was honestly though a story that was all over the place. The pacing was off, you'd think there'd be a little more desperation, or even planning, from the crew as their brutal demise comes hurtling towards them. if they'd faced rougher odds it wasn't something I was told.
This would've been a really solid duology, in my honest opinion. We'd have had more time with Niko and her crew, maybe even have gotten to explore the universe or Niko and her crew's history. I loved the restaurant. It just focused on things for too short of a time that mattered much in the end. Especially Niko's history with their friend from the pirate kingdom who was in it so little and so quickly that their name escapes me!!
It was fun at first, but honestly turned into a slog as much as I tried to find joy in it (and at a certain point it got really hard to find any joy). The losses felt like nothing when it should've been a MOMENT.
tldr; ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sums up how it feels to me. Wish it didn't..
This book had so much potential! It honestly wasn't at all what I thought in both good and bad ways. It has one of those things in books that makes me a little sad, where you can see the potential and see this rich, beautiful creation but there's too much time spent in one specific place and then everything all at once happens and it's over!!!
I was confused with the POV at times, since it wasn't specified and seemed to flow around freely without ever really explicitly stating (until there were obvious context clues) who we'd moved to. And I know that, thematically, this worked with the whole ex hive-mind aspect, but that aspect was either mentioned too little or too late for it to be an effective story-telling device.
I very very much loved the thinly veiled american military it seemed Rambo was poking at with the Hive (and if she wasn't, I adored the parallels I was able to see). I ADORE Niko, so rarely do I get to read about an older main character and an older WOMAN at that. She was such a great leader and seeing her constantly thinking of her people, sacrificing her own happiness at every turn to help those she loved was UGH top-tier character moments. Adore her.
This was honestly though a story that was all over the place. The pacing was off, you'd think there'd be a little more desperation, or even planning, from the crew as their brutal demise comes hurtling towards them. if they'd faced rougher odds it wasn't something I was told.
This would've been a really solid duology, in my honest opinion. We'd have had more time with Niko and her crew, maybe even have gotten to explore the universe or Niko and her crew's history. I loved the restaurant. It just focused on things for too short of a time that mattered much in the end. Especially Niko's history with their friend from the pirate kingdom who was in it so little and so quickly that their name escapes me!!
It was fun at first, but honestly turned into a slog as much as I tried to find joy in it (and at a certain point it got really hard to find any joy). The losses felt like nothing when it should've been a MOMENT.
tldr; ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sums up how it feels to me. Wish it didn't..
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture