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A review by harmony
Children of the Storm by Kirsten Beyer
1.0
I was pretty disappointed in this book. The logic leap the Voyager crew makes to solve the main problem is based on an interpretation of a phrase that could mean anything, but they lock onto one of the weirder ones and run all out, and of course they're right.
The "white man's burden" theme is also a lot disturbing. This is the second book in a row where am alien species says "go away and don't come back", and they're 0/2 on redirecting the wishes of other cultures because of COURSE they know better. Their arrogance and the way they don't even NOTICE their arrogance disregard is on the author, and frankly I find it upsetting to see books basically glorifying colonialism. They literally invade alien space age being tools to leave, are attacked by creatures attempting to defend themselves, and plan on committing genocide because "they attacked first and we have the right to defend ourselves!" I'm sorry, but that's like a burglar trying to claim self defence after killing a homeowner because the guy he was robbing was armed. There was one decent guy in the spotlight, so obviously his crew turned on him so they could go all genocide-y for dramatic effect.
The "white man's burden" theme is also a lot disturbing. This is the second book in a row where am alien species says "go away and don't come back", and they're 0/2 on redirecting the wishes of other cultures because of COURSE they know better. Their arrogance and the way they don't even NOTICE their arrogance disregard is on the author, and frankly I find it upsetting to see books basically glorifying colonialism. They literally invade alien space age being tools to leave, are attacked by creatures attempting to defend themselves, and plan on committing genocide because "they attacked first and we have the right to defend ourselves!" I'm sorry, but that's like a burglar trying to claim self defence after killing a homeowner because the guy he was robbing was armed. There was one decent guy in the spotlight, so obviously his crew turned on him so they could go all genocide-y for dramatic effect.