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ninjamuse's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness and Colonisation
Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Torture
damjanotom's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
A book that raises the stakes again in a way that fits well in universe and that the series has been building to since pretty early on. Satisfying character development and more complex consideration of characters and the ethics of their stances and actions. Definitely a slower read with less of the familiar sci-fi swashbuckling that many of the Expanse books provide but definitely one of the more interesting entries in the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism
ekcd_'s review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
****all spoilers****
Kicks off with a doomed gig to disciple an unruly colony and ends on the very same colony except now everyone is war torn!
I read this book non stop for a week and cried twice. I don’t even cry with books.
The 30 year time jump was handled well enough - wish there was more hinting at what we missed in the inbetween years but it wasn’t completely missing
Kicks off with a doomed gig to disciple an unruly colony and ends on the very same colony except now everyone is war torn!
I read this book non stop for a week and cried twice. I don’t even cry with books.
The 30 year time jump was handled well enough - wish there was more hinting at what we missed in the inbetween years but it wasn’t completely missing
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail