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species10026's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death and Racism
Moderate: Violence
angela_iseli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War
saroreen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
tea_overload's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and War
Minor: Rape
emilyplun's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Medical content and War
mugs_it_is's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Racism
iono's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and War
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
ekcd_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I read the book after watching the first episode of the show and fell in love so hard I don’t think I can be impartial about evaluating the books good-ness.
Deep characters, realistic dialogue, deep lore and world building.
A note on the writing of relationships …
It’s the one and only sci fi book I have ever read, written by a man (men?) that had a sex scene WITHOUT bodily objectifying women. Without bodily objectifying anyone. Such a minor plot point, less than two pages, but for me it reframed my expectations of the book. No weird porny misogyny. Just an earnest description of what it means to share intimacy
One aggravating, potential plot hole (hence the half star deduction)
Why the fuck wouldn’t they just crash Eros into the sun as planned? It’s great for the plot to have it land on Venus but it was so out of character and out of dynamic
I’m not mad though, because I would have hated for this to only be one book. But I hope they get their shit together on the next one tbh
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol
yoursupremereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and War
nebulous40's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism