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Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley

8 reviews

bookish_hollyx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, War, and Injury/Injury detail

izzyrbell's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Junker Seven is a very promising debut book! Its characters are highly loveable and revolution-inciting, making it easy to root for them along their fugitive romp through the stars. 

The only major faults with this book were editorial in nature (some misspellings and clunky phrasings), but given that this is an indie published debut without the enormous resources of a traditionally published book, I'm willing to let those slide (especially since the story itself is great!)

Overall, this is a world I want to continue sinking my teeth into and a story I can't wait for the next installment of!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Car accident

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

madscientistcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

fizzy_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

beccathejenks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Good, solid debut! Can't wait for the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

leilorenzo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

This book was won in a Story graph giveaway.
Luckily, I loved it. I found the plot to be original, it is well paced, the characters are lovable, albeit a little young.
There's non-binary, autistic representation, LGBTQ rights and a frighteningly similar fight to defend them like in our world.
Set in a future where humans have made Earth uninhabitable, people still eff it up in other galaxies. There are also good people, and here we get to see their journey as they learn to expand their minds, embrace change and each other.
It is part of a series, so that's the only downside, you don't get it all in this book. However, there is some sort of closure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Deadnaming, Violence, and Vomit

readingthething's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Sexual content

curtissz's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-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

4.75

This book was wonderful! If you're looking for a space adventure with lovable queer characters, goldfish, and plenty of badassery, this is the book for you. 

This book, while set far into the future, talks about issues we're dealing with today. Homophobia and Transphobia running ramped all over the world, and in Junker Seven, all over the Galaxy. The way the characters spoke about their lives opened my eyes to perspectives I've never been able truly to envision as a queer cis person. I found it inspiring, and the lessons I learned will probably stick with me for a long time. Thank you to Olive J. Kelley for allowing me to read this as an A.R.C. and thank you to whoever reads this, now go read the book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, and Outing

Minor: Child death