themtj's review against another edition
4.0
I LOVED this book. It is a small town/scale, yet set in a dystopian sci-fi setting. It deals with depression, anxiety, and grief as well as exploration, expression, and discovery. To me, the central question of this series is: are humans meant to keep their heads down and survive or are they meant to explore, discover, and grow? That is a perfect question to wrestle with in a coming-of-age drama.
This book resists the tropes that so often ensnare this genre. There is no painful teen romance, there are no extraneous characters, no 1-dimensional/expositional characters, and they don't manufacture suspense or intrigue by scrambling the order of events. It is a straightforward chronological read with a small cast of well-written characters.
For detailed thoughts, listen to my podcast discussion of this book:
https://www.storiedarcs.com/outpost-zero/
This book resists the tropes that so often ensnare this genre. There is no painful teen romance, there are no extraneous characters, no 1-dimensional/expositional characters, and they don't manufacture suspense or intrigue by scrambling the order of events. It is a straightforward chronological read with a small cast of well-written characters.
For detailed thoughts, listen to my podcast discussion of this book:
https://www.storiedarcs.com/outpost-zero/
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
2.0
This coming of age in space trope is pretty popular in television, film, books, and comics right now. With so much material on a given, very specific, subject you need something to stand out. For me, this story built too slow, and relied to much on dialogue.
While the dialogue, itself, was well-written and seemed very realistic, it didn't constantly push the narrative forward, so I found myself getting bored with it.
It's a perfectly fine story if you love post-apocalyptic coming of age in space stories but it didn't feel exceptional.
While the dialogue, itself, was well-written and seemed very realistic, it didn't constantly push the narrative forward, so I found myself getting bored with it.
It's a perfectly fine story if you love post-apocalyptic coming of age in space stories but it didn't feel exceptional.
angelofmine1974's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
3.0
My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:
https://youtu.be/wMe0HPU5dsc
Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/wMe0HPU5dsc
Enjoy!
zepysgirl's review against another edition
2.0
Story was boring and jumped around a bunch without explaining things.
lukeisthename34's review against another edition
2.0
Nice art, boring story. It could be interesting, so I hope the next volume picks up the pace.
shannonleighd's review
3.0
I would've rated this higher but I found myself flipping back wondering what I missed, why the guy went in the airlock, what the secret behind the other guy being disliked was, why they waited so long to deal with the ice ... just lots of questions and no answers, which is annoying since this is a full volume.
It doesn't just end with a cliffhanger, every issue is confusing. Or maybe I'm dense? Totally possible.
Individual issue reviews: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4
Total review score: 2.875
It doesn't just end with a cliffhanger, every issue is confusing. Or maybe I'm dense? Totally possible.
Individual issue reviews: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4
Total review score: 2.875
rbritt515's review against another edition
2.0
Interesting premise utterly ruined by incredibly insensitive depictions of suicide (the word coward was tossed around repeatedly) and implying that adoption/fostering is a less real bond that a relationship with birth parents.
sssmoser's review against another edition
3.0
⭐⭐⭐1/2 - I bought a bunch of these issues for $1 each and finally got around to reading the first volume's worth today. I like space and I like mysteries, and I did enjoy this opening segment. Some of the characters are well-developed and others not-so-much. I think that trying to develop an entirely new world (the outpost) with all its rules, roles, and histories while also starting the mystery at the very beginning makes it a little hard to latch onto. However, the story provides enough of an interesting mystery and I already have the next 4 or 5 issues, so I will probably go back to them at some point.
grilledcheesesamurai's review against another edition
3.0
A young adult, sci-fi mystery that takes place on another planet, which, at times, feels almost like a slice of life...but isn't.
I don't know. I liked it though. So that's something.
*read in singles*
I don't know. I liked it though. So that's something.
*read in singles*