Reviews

The Churn by James S.A. Corey

tamtamslibrary's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

(Before reading,check all content warnings. To say the least, this is a heavy novella.)

Favorite character in the series, and while I was hoping for more of his actual perspective, I can understand why the authors didn’t, and probably won’t in the future.

Maybe that’s why I love his character so much—I understand him but I don’t at the same time. What can I say, morally grey is my favorite color (*shrug*).

This was by far my favorite part of the series so far. Story, setting, and characters so deeply troubled and real I couldn’t put it down. 

nbhatta's review against another edition

4.0

I honestly though Amos killed more ppl before leaving Earth.

beangreen's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

agathag's review

tense 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? Yes

3.5

kazio1993's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

audiclian's review against another edition

4.0

A mostly fun story about Amos being Amos. It felt a little too much like Amos' arc in Nemesis Games, without introducing too much else about Earth at that time. And while it does explain some things about his past life, it doesn't explain the parts I wanted explained about his history. Namely, I wanted to know how he got to be the kind of person he is, and in this story he's already pretty much fully formed as the Amos we know right from the beginning. Still, it's Amos, so I enjoyed it.

charlibirb's review against another edition

5.0

Yessssss Timmy

hankdatank's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

markarubin's review against another edition

4.0

I really like these brief, intimate portraits of the side characters from thr the Expanse series. This one saves the reveal of ita subject for the end, which made for an interesting way of defining the protagonist. I wasn't quite sure what to make of Timmy as I was reading but I knew how I felt at the end.

daleywhaley's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0