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pvbobrien's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Trafficking, and Kidnapping
iono's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and War
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
mino88's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Alcohol
blakethebookeater's review against another edition
- 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
This is a reread for me! And it was just as good the second time around. Read this because I'm hosting an Expanse readalong this year in prep for the final book coming this fall! The live show discussion for this book is linked above and you can follow the Twitter account @ReadTheExpanse for more information/announcements!
So this book follows two main plots: Joseph Miller is searching for the missing Julie Mao, and James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are...just constantly on the run. Eventually their two narrative intersect and then this book finishes off with quite an explosive finale!
Now I do think I was inclined to like this book more because I do already have a knowledge of where these characters go from here and seeing how their arcs started out was just a joy. I will have to say that this novel doesn't quite focus on character, and moreso focuses on plot, but that is a-ok because the plot really needs to be focused on. A LOT happens.
The Expanse takes place in a future where we have three main factions: Earth, Mars (technologically superior), and the Belt (basically everyone else living on various space stations). An event at the beginning of the novel sparks a solar-system-wide war and Holden and his crew race to discover the cause/stop it and Miller's mystery might have something to do with it as well.
I highly recommend this book is you're a fan of science fiction, and recommend the series as a whole. Because as crazy as this one is, it only gets crazier and more epic.
Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Racism, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, and Sexual assault
futureofmydays's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Blood, Excrement, and Murder
Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Infertility
s_p_a_r_k_s's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder
Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Excrement
While there's no racism, sexism, or homophobia, the story deals with the systemic oppression of people living in the Asteroid Belt (most of whom are people of color), with blunt parallels drawn to modern day racism and imperialism. The oppression can be graphic, and side characters express bigoted thoughts towards residents of the Belt with high frequency. As an action-adventure story set in a Solar System on the brink of war, there are frequent gun battles, as well as space battles between spaceships. Main characters die with little to no warning in these sequences. Usually these deaths aren't excessively gory, but