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A review by mariakureads
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Definitely a introspective book with elements of space and while it's well written, I was hoping for more of something.
Not sure what was missing but I found the pacing to be very slow, adding on to the feeling of introspection and meditation that I wasn't expecting every chapter, every page but there it was time and time again, slow and methodical told from the varying voices of the different characters.
It's also a lot of listing and naming of the different geographical locations visible to the characters from their view ports and memories which are all written with detail and again introspection but eventually it feels the same chapter after chapter, which I don't know if it's some kind of metaphor to describe living in space but it's beautifully written nonetheless just not for me.
Not sure what was missing but I found the pacing to be very slow, adding on to the feeling of introspection and meditation that I wasn't expecting every chapter, every page but there it was time and time again, slow and methodical told from the varying voices of the different characters.
It's also a lot of listing and naming of the different geographical locations visible to the characters from their view ports and memories which are all written with detail and again introspection but eventually it feels the same chapter after chapter, which I don't know if it's some kind of metaphor to describe living in space but it's beautifully written nonetheless just not for me.