abby_reads_books's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Grief, War, Blood, Chronic illness, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
alexalily's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
Minor: Cannibalism, Child death, and Animal death
jersy's review
challenging
dark
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This novel really appeals to me due to his dialog heavy nature, being a mostly quiet book about characters discussing matters of humanity. The world building is fascinating, you have to piece most of it together yourself, though. Some of both that and the commentary probably went other my head, still I liked what it was doing. Especially portraying religion in Science Fiction is a trope I really enjoy and it helped that a lot of the major characters were interesting personalities having engaging conversations.
Huge time jumps can be tricky for me, but here it worked well. While the overall message and outcome was predictable, I really liked the smaller things in which the narratives were connected and seeing the progression. There are horrible things implied in every of the time periods but I never contemplated them much until the last part where something played a part that felt pretty hard-hitting for me. There is still a sprinkle of humor in the book as well.
While I enjoyed the story, this is mostly a book of ideas, so if you need a tight narrative or even action to be engaged, this probably won't work for you. I couldn't put in down because I was purely fascinated.
Huge time jumps can be tricky for me, but here it worked well. While the overall message and outcome was predictable, I really liked the smaller things in which the narratives were connected and seeing the progression. There are horrible things implied in every of the time periods but I never contemplated them much until the last part where something played a part that felt pretty hard-hitting for me. There is still a sprinkle of humor in the book as well.
While I enjoyed the story, this is mostly a book of ideas, so if you need a tight narrative or even action to be engaged, this probably won't work for you. I couldn't put in down because I was purely fascinated.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Terminal illness
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