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annerbtw's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Ugh, I'm kinda bummed I didn't like this as much as I thought I would.
The dialogue was super enjoyable, the concept was great... but there is so much detail. TOO much detail. In between the sections of dialogue are 5-10 pages of history (sometimes), which I feel could be summed up into 2-3 paragraphs at most. It made me feel like I was rushing through the history to get to the good parts. I think Ned feels like we need to know more than we ACTUALLY do to understand what he was getting at. Either way, it was okay... I just didn't love the way it was executed. 😟
The dialogue was super enjoyable, the concept was great... but there is so much detail. TOO much detail. In between the sections of dialogue are 5-10 pages of history (sometimes), which I feel could be summed up into 2-3 paragraphs at most. It made me feel like I was rushing through the history to get to the good parts. I think Ned feels like we need to know more than we ACTUALLY do to understand what he was getting at. Either way, it was okay... I just didn't love the way it was executed. 😟
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
yaoipaddle's review against another edition
challenging
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
4.75
I felt it was realistic enough for me to enjoy but still fantastical enough for me to not feel stressed about irl issues. (I already know things are terrible. Go beyond that.) I think the dry humor in the story and characters really helped.
I loved the two leads! Halyard is sooo pathetic it's awesome. And Resaint is so weird I love her.
The world building is interesting but often times it is just dumped on you which made this book take a while for me to finish. It felt like an overload of info at times. This gets easier to manage like 40% in.
The epilogues are great and it sparked my interest in the story much like how Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep did. You really feel like you are being pulled in for the ride and made to think about what you are reading. I'm still kinda thinking about the endings.
I felt it was realistic enough for me to enjoy but still fantastical enough for me to not feel stressed about irl issues. (I already know things are terrible. Go beyond that.) I think the dry humor in the story and characters really helped.
I loved the two leads! Halyard is sooo pathetic it's awesome. And Resaint is so weird I love her.
The world building is interesting but often times it is just dumped on you which made this book take a while for me to finish. It felt like an overload of info at times. This gets easier to manage like 40% in.
The epilogues are great and it sparked my interest in the story much like how Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep did. You really feel like you are being pulled in for the ride and made to think about what you are reading. I'm still kinda thinking about the endings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and War
biggest_balls's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved reading the venomous lumpsucker. I liked the authors creativity and depth into the story, world building (especially the world building you'll love it if your nerdy about techy future stuff. I can understand some people can view it as the story being to dense) the characters and the character's dialogue in how they expressed differing opinions/different perspectives .
The only thing I would complain about would be the climax seemed a little rushed.
(Spoilers ) I wish the author maybe fleshed out Barka's character out some how. Tho Barkas motives for killing the animals and having the conservation park made were pretty solid and were quite interesting to read It just seemed like he became a villian in a split second. I also feel like the ending between Warkentin and Halyard and there change of perspective could have been elaborated on. Other than those things I absolutely loved everything. (ESPECIALLY THE EPILOGUE TWO).
The only thing I would complain about would be the climax seemed a little rushed.
(Spoilers ) I wish the author maybe fleshed out Barka's character out some how. Tho Barkas motives for killing the animals and having the conservation park made were pretty solid and were quite interesting to read It just seemed like he became a villian in a split second. I also feel like the ending between Warkentin and Halyard and there change of perspective could have been elaborated on. Other than those things I absolutely loved everything. (ESPECIALLY THE EPILOGUE TWO).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Sexual content
paperknotbooks's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Funnier than expected.
The second epilogue reminded me a bit of Space Opera scene with the alien projecting itself into the presence of all earth humans. The CAPTCHA comments had me chuckling because I had just had a similar conversation about them at work.
The second epilogue reminded me a bit of Space Opera scene with the alien projecting itself into the presence of all earth humans. The CAPTCHA comments had me chuckling because I had just had a similar conversation about them at work.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death