niallharrison's review
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
hannah_greendale's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
busymamabookclub's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
andalicesays's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
nathansnook's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Major thanks to NetGalley and Grove Atlantic for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts:
"๐๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ."
If Terrence Malick did 2001: ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐บ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐บ, without the running time.
In this meditative sci-fi slowburn, we look at life from a distance. How precious it is. If anything, this very much feels like a pandemic book, except the self is so far removed from the here. Harvey wanted out for her characters, and she chose to fling them far into space, musing on life on earth. Though futuristic, there is no future. Rather the story and sentiments are amberized in communication between the past and the present.
"๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ-๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ; ๐ฏ๐ฐ, ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค. ๐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐บ."
Though there is no future, Harvey explores hope in the beauty of the world and how we leave it behind.
Hope in beauty. Is that how I've lived? Moved through the days? Does it help? What else helps? Who knows?
Who knows in this meat suit crunching through hours on a floating rock.
Who knows.ย
"๐๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ."
If Terrence Malick did 2001: ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐บ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐บ, without the running time.
In this meditative sci-fi slowburn, we look at life from a distance. How precious it is. If anything, this very much feels like a pandemic book, except the self is so far removed from the here. Harvey wanted out for her characters, and she chose to fling them far into space, musing on life on earth. Though futuristic, there is no future. Rather the story and sentiments are amberized in communication between the past and the present.
"๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ-๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ; ๐ฏ๐ฐ, ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค. ๐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐บ."
Though there is no future, Harvey explores hope in the beauty of the world and how we leave it behind.
Hope in beauty. Is that how I've lived? Moved through the days? Does it help? What else helps? Who knows?
Who knows in this meat suit crunching through hours on a floating rock.
Who knows.ย
storybookvisitor's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
bookish_arcadia's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
melanie_reads_books's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Iโm really not sure what to think about this book. Iโm a reader of SFF and romance, so genre fiction, with the occasional dabble in literary fictionโฆ. but this book? Itโs an odd duck. Itโs not genre fiction, so Iโd say itโs literaryโฆ but it lacks a plot as such. Thereโs no real story ARC, apart from existing within a set time period, and there are no chapters. Not that thatโs a bad thing, thatโs just a style thing. Also, there were no speech marks but there was conversation? So that was weird.ย
The characters were interesting, and I found myself deeply engaged at times and yet at others it was a struggle to read. So Iโm rating this book based on engagement and the writing. Itโs not a five or even a four star read for meโฆ but if you like creative works that meander then it could be worth a try.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC of this title.
The characters were interesting, and I found myself deeply engaged at times and yet at others it was a struggle to read. So Iโm rating this book based on engagement and the writing. Itโs not a five or even a four star read for meโฆ but if you like creative works that meander then it could be worth a try.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC of this title.
anfishh's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
I loved the way space was made everyday. I loved the small plot movements. I loved the language. This would be a great bedtime book and for me was almost a little book of meditations on what it means to be an inhabitant of earth. A great slow read, probably not a great speed read.ย
jtisgreen's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75