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Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

11 reviews

mary_c's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

At first I thought it was too similar to the narrator in the Murderbot series.  But it came into its own.  I really enjoyed it.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, and Medical trauma

Minor: Colonisation

bibiran's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

dune if it was really cold and instead of dominating the worms and juicing them to make drugs paul atreides just wanted to snack on yams

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Genocide, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual content

ababytapir's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Easy to read, an enjoyable sci fi adventure set on a new planet that doesn't make you think too hard, but does contain a sprinkling of ethics around cloning and colonisation. The main character is kinda dumb and I enjoyed that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kellyofcali's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

A fun sci-fi read, I enjoyed the world and its history and the fact that while this had some small twists, it wasn't a full-on TWIST book but rather just a good story set within the confines and technology of another world. Excited to see the film!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Torture

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sarah984's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.0

This book started out fun and the voice was great, but the focus lingered way too long on Mickey absolutely failing in every way to stay hidden and not long enough on the entire plot, which was basically shoved into the last 50 pages. The antagonists were interesting but barely described and the solution that works in the end is ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed it. 

The existence of Expendables raises a lot of questions only some of which are addressed, if not answered.

It makes total sense that people would have religious objections to Expendables, and even that it would be a major tenant of a religion.  Although I would think it would be problematic to 

If a person can only become an Expendable to be a terrible kind of guinea pig which will always be killed over (and over and over) I can see why it wouldn't appeal to people.   But it is more than a little surprising that it's not a technology utilized by the wealthy and powerful to extend their lifetimes indefinitely.   Not to actually be expendable, of course, just to live.

It's more than a little surprising that there's apparently no one involved in mental healthcare as part of the colony.   Leaving the position of the Expendable aside, the mental, emotional and physical stress of space travel and starting a colony would be tremendous.  But taking the Expendable into account, especially an Expendable who is conscripted, which it sounds like most are, how is there not mandatory counseling for that person?  Like every day.   Even before you get to the Ship of Theseus problem, how many times can a person remember dying in terrible and painful ways or just watch a video of it even without the actual memory and not develop crippling PTSD or become catatonic?  But there's no suggestion of that at all.   (Either that it's a concern or that Mickey experiences it).  I do get why there are occasions where it's important for the Expendable to remember what caused his or her death, but how does remembering being injected with different pathogens and then dying a long, painful death help.  What are they supposed to avoid, going to the doctor who is going to use them as a test subject?

The sociology of it is interesting, too.  Everyone (including the Expendable) is conditioned  to think of the Expendable as the same person, which means that a) people resent their "immortality" and b) no one appreciates their sacrifices.    And that sort of makes sense, too, from a good of the colony standpoint.   If people are allowed to realize that someone is essentially being tortured over and over, especially if that person was conscripted, they may decide that's unacceptable.  (Or they may well say if the Expendable is a prisoner he/she/they probably did something to deserve it and better someone who can be downloaded into a new body than a person with a  finite lifespan).

It's also unclear what the term of service is.  Is Mickey expected to stay in that position for the term of a natural lifespan, 1,000 years, 1,000 deaths?  Until the sun burns out?  Until the colony is firmly established? 

It's clear that Mickey7 and Mikey8 are different people.  Mickey7 is more empathetic by far.  And maybe it's attributable to Mickey8 being closer to starvation, or Mickey7 being saved by the crawler and having the memory of it happen.  It just seems like there should be more of an explanation since the difference in time between them is only six weeks.

Also, they're terraforming a planet with other sentient life and...it never occurs to them how doing so might affect that life?

Learning about the various colony failures was interesting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lizacorn's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Sexual content, and Medical content

vanilla_chief's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

"Mickey7" captivated me with its intriguing themes and character development. As a history enthusiast, I appreciated Mickey's interest in learning from past failures. While the Mickeys were not always engaging main characters, their transformation from slacker to someone discovering their self-worth made for an enjoyable read despite some plot weaknesses.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Violence, and Colonisation

marareading's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

It is okay... But not in a traditional sci-fi sense of things. It is sarcastic. But it is more character driven, which is different. It isn't super action based. Very different for me for sci-fi. It felt like it was trying to be Andy Weir in a way, and didn't hit the mark. 

A guy who is an "expendable" is on his 7th iteration of himself and something goes wrong. The whole book is about that one mistake essentially. It didn't feel very high stakes. It wasn't bad at all, it just isn't high action or high intensity. 

It felt like a long conversation in space. Even when things with action did happen, the writing made it feel lack luster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

prynne31's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Genocide, Colonisation, and War