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Vers les étoiles by Mary Robinette Kowal

38 reviews

aleareads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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goodthingsread's review against another edition

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hopeful informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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eicart_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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nomad_1291's review against another edition

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hopeful informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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carolined314's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

Alternate history can do many things, and this is a light, hopeful story with a complex but positive hetero relationship that you rarely get to see with strong women, along with some discussion of anxiety, prescriptions, and racism. It was clearly written by and for white women in a way that I found somewhat boring, but the sarcastic tone and fierceness of some of the ladies kept me reading. 
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internationalreads's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

Immensely readable but some issues with characters. Can’t wait to discuss at book club. 
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angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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jlye's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I really wanted to like this book and had high expectations based on the plot summary. Unfortunately I found Elma to be annoying and hard to relate to. She is hyper aware of the discrimination she faces as a Jewish woman, yet seems superficially concerned with racial discrimination towards people of colour. While racial discrimination is referenced a few times throughout the book, it only ever seems to be something on the periphery of Elma’s mind. She believes women can go to space… but mostly she wants that woman to be her. Elma’s status and accomplishments seem less the result of her brilliance, and largely the result of her connections to prominent men, namely her husband and her “daddy”. The sex scenes were cheesy and having a grown women refer to her father as “daddy” made me cringe. I gave this book 2.5 stars because I appreciated the research required to achieve scientific accuracy, however this dedication is not enough to make me want to read other books in the series. I would recommend Hidden Figures over this. 
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agent_friday's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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iono's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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