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The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

23 reviews

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

cj13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Pregnancy

lmfry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

explorinlorryn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Honestly, this is my favorite Lady Astronaut book. A fresh protagonist’s perspective on events we’d already seen and a thrilling mystery made this book impossible for me to put down! The author does not shy away from describing the protagonist’s mental health conditions with stark honesty, which provides a valuable window into the minds of those who struggle 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

fantasycat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Miscarriage and Excrement

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Cursing

agent_friday's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Racism

oceanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? Yes

3.5

As much as I love this series and its setting and characters, I just didn't click with this one as much as I did with books one and two. The change of POV surprised me because I stop reading the summaries at this point in any series. I was pumped to see what was next for Elma, but I suppose given the epilogue in The Fated Sky, this one's on me.

While Elma is on her way to Mars, her friend and fellow astronaut Nicole Wargin is back on the moon as the colony continues to be established. With her husband a politician on Earth, they make the difficult decision to live apart as they do the work they were meant to do. Despite their distance, they come to share a common enemy: The Earth First movement.

Characters aside (although there are some name drops and familiar faces scattered throughout the story), the book has an overall different tone from the first two. The actual space travel is less of a focus. Instead, it's more of a story about sabotage and a pandemic. Yet, the themes remain similar in other ways. Where Elma was known for her anxiety issues, Nicole, too, struggles with her own disorders, which in this case is an eating disorder. And much like Elma, she doesn't let this get in the way of her job and passion for space travel. I didn't connect with Nicole as much as I did with Elma, but I appreciate the strength of her character.

I'm not sure if more books are in the works for this series. If so, I'm curious if the next one will also follow Nicole or if we'll circle back to Elma. Maybe we'll get to know one of the other Lady Astronauts? Even though I didn't enjoy this one as much as the previous two, I admire Mary Robinette Kowal's dedication to the research, especially when it comes to science and how it might have looked even in the alternate take on the 1960s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, and Grief

Moderate: Infertility, Racism, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage

iono's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Excrement

thebowandthebook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Really phenomenal read. A bit more innuendo than I prefer but other than that the writing was stellar and I entirely enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content