towo's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty concise and well written short story. Not the most clever, but very consistent.
tuftymctavish's review
4.0
A nice, if short (very short), little filler chapter which I liked reading. Fleshes out some of the previous books nicely.
trish204's review against another edition
5.0
One of my favourite episodes of Love, Death & Robots was this one about a ship that is said to be the unluckiest but actually proves to be great in the right hands.
Lucky Number Thirteen is so named for her serial number and after a few fateful incidents, she's almost feared for the bad luck she supposedly attracts. But then she gets a new pilot, who neither believes in ships having characters nor in any sort of luck. She'll find out that at least one of those assumptions is wrong.
We thus get to fall in love with the ship as much as her pilot did and I feel no shame when admitting that I shed a tear at the end of the episode and again when finishing this short story.
I had no idea the episode was based on a short story but apparently most of them actually are, which is very cool. Then I also found out that this (and another one which I also read today and will be reviewing shortly) was penned by a German author so of course I had to read the source material. It's totally worth it, just like the Netflix series.
Lucky Number Thirteen is so named for her serial number and after a few fateful incidents, she's almost feared for the bad luck she supposedly attracts. But then she gets a new pilot, who neither believes in ships having characters nor in any sort of luck. She'll find out that at least one of those assumptions is wrong.
We thus get to fall in love with the ship as much as her pilot did and I feel no shame when admitting that I shed a tear at the end of the episode and again when finishing this short story.
I had no idea the episode was based on a short story but apparently most of them actually are, which is very cool. Then I also found out that this (and another one which I also read today and will be reviewing shortly) was penned by a German author so of course I had to read the source material. It's totally worth it, just like the Netflix series.
literally_laura's review against another edition
4.0
This would more accurately be considered 1.1 as it occurs AFTER book 1 in the series but BEFORE book 2.
It's nice to see a bit of Halley, even if it is just a short story. I love her repeated proclamations to not be superstitious... but you can feel her heart arguing with her mind even in the short 15 pages this story occupies. One tough broad... and one big softy <3
It's nice to see a bit of Halley, even if it is just a short story. I love her repeated proclamations to not be superstitious... but you can feel her heart arguing with her mind even in the short 15 pages this story occupies. One tough broad... and one big softy <3
pshotts's review
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
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