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timmytunter'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
4.5
It had been years since he’d tried to find work … Now that events had thrown him out [of his job], everything had an odd floating feeling. Like the gap between getting hit and feeling the pain.
Similarly, Corey’s portrayal of moral complexity through Holden is spot on. As Holden grapples with the consequences of his actions, Corey captures a very human cognitive response:
Holden decided that he was okay with not feeling any remorse for them. The moral complexity of the situation had grown past his ability to process it, so he just relaxed in the warm glow of victory instead.
The OPA man, Anderson Dawes, was sitting on a cloth folding chair outside Miller’s hole, reading a book. It was a real book—onionskin pages bound in what might have been actual leather.
Miller had seen pictures of them before; the idea of that much weight for a single megabyte of data struck him as decadent.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, and Vomit
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
swordrager's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment
rattledragons'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
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
ruyanda'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
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Genocide, Infertility, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Grief, and Stalking
espea'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
pvbobrien'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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Trafficking, and Kidnapping
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
mino88's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Alcohol