Reviews

Goldilocks by L.R. Lam

laz92's review

4.0

Lots of compassion and heart in this book. Not a lot of joy or humour, and I felt the villain was a tad too dastardly. But a good read and a great ending.

ritatermita's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

4.75

cawaza's review

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

tysbooks's review against another edition

DNF @ 11%. There isn’t much to say about this one because I didn’t get very far into it. This was just slow moving and nothing happened that caught my attention or intrigued me enough to continue. 

mikeypitt7's review

4.0

Five women living on a dying planet with increasingly restricted rights steal a spaceship to set out on a course designed to ensure humanity's future. Except, one of them wasn't being honest about everything.

Goldilocks is a space opera thriller set in the near-apocalyptic future combined with a bring down the patriarchy driving force. It works...somewhat. I'm not sure how the author gets from "climate change has inevitably destroyed things" to "the solution is to curtail women's rights" as a driving plot point. To give the story its compelling setup, Lam utilized both without ever really addressing either of them. The book's cover describes this as the type of story you'd get if The Martian and The Handmaid's Tale had a baby, but it isn't really either of those. This is a tale as old as time: Power corrupts...absolutely. It just happens to take place in space.

Nonetheless, this was an enjoyable read.

missbb2015's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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? N/A

5.0

emmagiverny's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

sooky's review

2.0

Utter waste of time.
We are told women are being oppressed. OK. How? There aren't many more details, certainly not enough details that would explain why Valerie feels like the best solution is

Spoiler

to kill of the entire planet, except the children and maybe 5% of adults who are lucky. Also, how is this supposed to work? Who will look after those orphaned kids left behind on Earth? How will they follow Valerie to the new planet? Who will build the spaceships to accomplish this?

I couldn't muster up much sympathy for Naomi. The entitlement was real. Hixon, Hart and Lebedeva were cool, but we knew almost nothing about them.
By the time I reached the end I really couldn't care less.

Spoiler

When the five women eventually returned to Earth Naomi narrated as "five women left, three came back & a baby". Ok, so we will just ignore Lebedeva's existence as well?

linabees's review

5.0

I loved this so much! I already want to reread it.

wisch's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0