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lcgordon's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
slow-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? No
5.0
I'm biased because I'm an astrophysicist but this book is an absolute banger. It's probably too technical of a sci-fi for many people but I think he does a decent job of bringing very technical concepts down to a readable level. It's like if Andy Weir really liked orbital mechanics and also didn't write the same main character on copypaste.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Moderate: Miscarriage
schmidiot's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
A solid read, I liked the first part more than the second bit of everything that happened after they made it to "safety" and could start focusing on rebuilding the human race. I do appreciate that Stephenson included the second part though. I think it added a nice ending to see where everything ended up after the fact.
Overall a great book (despite some parts where it was like okay was it really necessary to talk about Doc thinking about calculus when he was having sex and did you really need to haven all the women super horny every other chapter) and I would highly recommend it. This has definitely made it to my list of favorite books and I'll have to check out some of Stephenson's other works.
Overall a great book (despite some parts where it was like okay was it really necessary to talk about Doc thinking about calculus when he was having sex and did you really need to haven all the women super horny every other chapter) and I would highly recommend it. This has definitely made it to my list of favorite books and I'll have to check out some of Stephenson's other works.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War
shermansays's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Strange but captivating story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, and War
The first chapter is rough. Make sure you’re able to emotionally deal with reading/listening to people dealing with the world ending. It affected me more than I thought it would.jennmb's review against another edition
Couldn’t get through part 3 but 1 and 2 were good
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide and Cannibalism
bloomingpear's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Cannibalism
Minor: Suicide and War
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