lindzey's review
I had no idea what I was getting into with this book. I was starting with a description of "queer space opera romance", which has the potential to be very much my thing.
Disappointingly, it was neither utterly fantastic nor a fascinating trainwreck. I did read it quickly, helped by the straightforward & competent prose style + novella-ish length.
My two favorite things about it were (spoilers!)
* How the romance was told via flashbacks, while the detective plot happened in the present
* The bad guys were very sympathetic (and fun) characters. Gotta love robots trying to figure out how to be more human, and doing evil in the process!
However, it lacked the (character and world) depth that put a book among my favorites.
Disappointingly, it was neither utterly fantastic nor a fascinating trainwreck. I did read it quickly, helped by the straightforward & competent prose style + novella-ish length.
My two favorite things about it were (spoilers!)
* How the romance was told via flashbacks, while the detective plot happened in the present
* The bad guys were very sympathetic (and fun) characters. Gotta love robots trying to figure out how to be more human, and doing evil in the process!
However, it lacked the (character and world) depth that put a book among my favorites.
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