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boglord's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Addiction, Confinement, and Excrement
eliaa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Blood
Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug use
amyreh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Violence
actuallyahorsereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
6nodder6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Gore, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Colonisation
Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, and Murder
arlettep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
emakay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
that_boi_eliza's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Self harm, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Gun violence and Vomit
gladiolus17's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Such a grueling journey to the alien hole. Whenever something would happen, I would be screaming in my head GO BACK GO BACK GO BACK but they just kept going onward. As a plus, the audiobook had music and sound effects (such as radio static over the comms) which made the book that much better of an experience.
Like To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, this book is well-researched and it feels like the characters are really professionals in what they do.
I was really satisfied with the character development of the main character in the end, but was dissatisfied with the others. I felt like I wanted to know more about the others’ backstories in more depth in relation to their decision-making. I wanted to know exactly what happened to them that wounded them. I also wanted to know more about the world and have at least an inkling of an answer in the end. So, though I enjoyed this, I didn’t enjoy it as much as To Sleep.
Graphic: Violence and Grief
herceia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
My main complaint with this book is how utterly upset and despondent Alex is for the entire book. We get it, your wife died and you're sad. You're really about to make your attitude everyone else's problem? I also have complaints about the character of the people he's traveling with. At this point, you think they'd send a better-vetted group out on missions like this.
The struggles in the book were very real, but I was almost too distracted by Alex's feelings to feel any compassion for any of their situations. That was frustrating during the read bc I really wanted to feel for them, but just couldn't.
This book is a close look at humans in extreme and unknown conditions, and for that, the book is a 2. I was missing anyone or any thing, thought, or feeling to root for. I could have had about fifty pages less of self-pity.
Graphic: Blood and Grief
Moderate: Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts