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gilnean's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, and Pandemic/Epidemic
quinnyquinnquinn's review
adventurous
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Violence
Minor: Gun violence
laurareads87's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Tchaikovsky is wonderfully versatile; this is the first sci-fi novella I've read of his but he seems to be able to do it all well: long trilogies, short fiction, fantasy, sci-fi. This story, the plot follows three young protagonists living in a settlement at the base of a space elevator up to an orbital where the superrich, who have pretty much destroyed the planet, have fled to. They set off into the harsh desert to find out why the supply of solar power to the settlement they live in has been disrupted, but do not find anything like what they expected.
Tchaikovsky covers a lot of terrain here - climate catastrophe, AI, class oppression, population control / eugenics, and more - and does so with some nuance despite the short page count.
Content warnings: classism, ableism, violence, mentions of gun violence, death
Tchaikovsky covers a lot of terrain here - climate catastrophe, AI, class oppression, population control / eugenics, and more - and does so with some nuance despite the short page count.
Content warnings: classism, ableism, violence, mentions of gun violence, death
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Violence, and Classism
Minor: Gun violence
sequelmage's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Violence