sadema's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
pedey's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful prose at the sentence level, let down by the choice of laying out the book in the format of a string of loosely related vignettes. I don't know anything about the main character, only a motivator driven by a very small snippet of their life.
fae_princess_in_space's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- 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
lsmith36's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
stormnatreadseverything's review against another edition
3.0
I’ll preface this with I didn’t finish the book, and maybe if I had I’d have a different opinion, but I got 60% of the way through and stopped there.
The writing style is good, but isn’t what I engage with easily. Some parts felt jagged, and like they didn’t flow well into the text around them. While this style doesn’t work for me, I know there are plenty of 5 star reviews who echoed the same but found it easier as the book went on, so I would still definitely recommend at least reading the first third, even if the writing style doesn’t immediately work for you.
The premise is excellent and the description definitely intrigued me - this read as a Wild West meets as Sci-Fi plot, and that’s right up my alley. While that may usually be the case, I think I found it difficult to engage with characters who were integral to the storyline, and found myself unable to get invested - this is probably a mix of the writing style not working for me, and feeling like I didn’t know *enough* about the MC and their goal to feel truly interested.
I can appreciate that this is a generally well-written book, and if you gel with the writing style, I can easily see this being a five star read - it just unfortunately wasn’t the case for me. HOWEVER - I’m definitely going to revisit this as a physical book once it’s been published, so my review may change in the future.
Initial read thanks to an e-book ARC requested from NetGalley.
The writing style is good, but isn’t what I engage with easily. Some parts felt jagged, and like they didn’t flow well into the text around them. While this style doesn’t work for me, I know there are plenty of 5 star reviews who echoed the same but found it easier as the book went on, so I would still definitely recommend at least reading the first third, even if the writing style doesn’t immediately work for you.
The premise is excellent and the description definitely intrigued me - this read as a Wild West meets as Sci-Fi plot, and that’s right up my alley. While that may usually be the case, I think I found it difficult to engage with characters who were integral to the storyline, and found myself unable to get invested - this is probably a mix of the writing style not working for me, and feeling like I didn’t know *enough* about the MC and their goal to feel truly interested.
I can appreciate that this is a generally well-written book, and if you gel with the writing style, I can easily see this being a five star read - it just unfortunately wasn’t the case for me. HOWEVER - I’m definitely going to revisit this as a physical book once it’s been published, so my review may change in the future.
Initial read thanks to an e-book ARC requested from NetGalley.
laura_keoski's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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? It's complicated
5.0
scifi_rat's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Plot: 4★
Prose: 4★
Pace: 5★
Concept/Execution: 5★/4.75★
Characters: 4★
Worldbuilding: 4.5★
Ending: 4★
Prose: 4★
Pace: 5★
Concept/Execution: 5★/4.75★
Characters: 4★
Worldbuilding: 4.5★
Ending: 4★
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Animal death, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Misogyny, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, and Cursing
nightlight_reader's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The only reason it’s not 5 stars is because of minor things that I think just got missed in editing, but this was a beautiful book with so many funky characters. Some chapters just felt like little jokes between the writer and the reader and the characters just got to play a part in, and I really loved that. The Stranger was everything that I wanted her to be, and I never thought ‘Ah shit’ would be a line that would be the start of a love story.