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A review by laurel00
Across a Field of Starlight: by Blue Delliquanti
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
I had some very up and down moments with this graphic novel, but I think, overall, I kind of enjoyed it.
It was definitely hard at times for me to get into the story, specifically because of the actual science behind it. There was something about the world building and the descriptions & explanations of all the tech that I just could not get myself to focus on. The whole thing sadly felt like it was dragging along because of that, so I just didn't feel all that motivated to pick the book up.
The second half of the novel I think almost redeemed it for me, because it centered a lot more around Delliquanti's main message: the characters' friendship and their humanity and all the conversations around deserving did actually make me quite emotional, and I felt a much stronger connection at that point to the MCs and their story. I wish we had gotten to that point earlier, because it would've hooked me in much more.
The illustrations are very nice and the colours are absolutely stunning, but there were definitely some action scenes where the panels were drawn so chaotically I couldn't really understand what I was looking at. It actually made it a bit difficult to figure out what was going on, and I had some moments where I just skimmed through the pages instead of trying to piece together what was happening.
The diversity felt very comforting and the wonderful spectrum of gender represented in the story, especially with two non-binary main characters and multiple trans and queer people shown throughout the pages, was really great to see. But I sadly don't think it's enough to fully redeem it for me. I would recommend this if you specifically are a big fan of sci-fi, but I probably wouldn't include it in any of my personal top reading lists.
It was definitely hard at times for me to get into the story, specifically because of the actual science behind it. There was something about the world building and the descriptions & explanations of all the tech that I just could not get myself to focus on. The whole thing sadly felt like it was dragging along because of that, so I just didn't feel all that motivated to pick the book up.
The second half of the novel I think almost redeemed it for me, because it centered a lot more around Delliquanti's main message: the characters' friendship and their humanity and all the conversations around deserving did actually make me quite emotional, and I felt a much stronger connection at that point to the MCs and their story. I wish we had gotten to that point earlier, because it would've hooked me in much more.
The illustrations are very nice and the colours are absolutely stunning, but there were definitely some action scenes where the panels were drawn so chaotically I couldn't really understand what I was looking at. It actually made it a bit difficult to figure out what was going on, and I had some moments where I just skimmed through the pages instead of trying to piece together what was happening.
The diversity felt very comforting and the wonderful spectrum of gender represented in the story, especially with two non-binary main characters and multiple trans and queer people shown throughout the pages, was really great to see. But I sadly don't think it's enough to fully redeem it for me. I would recommend this if you specifically are a big fan of sci-fi, but I probably wouldn't include it in any of my personal top reading lists.