Reviews with content warning for Animal death - Dogs of War

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Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

every time rex went 'i'm a good boy' i wanted to give him a hug! this was a super interesting sci-fi novel, i liked the different perspectives we got and the full circle of it.

i do think the main premise of the blurb, the war trials of his owner, could have been longer, we didn't spend much time there. i also think that it would have been cool to have the human bioform have more page time

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mar's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

3.0

not big on military scifi but this left me turning a lot of interesting questions re:technology around in my head

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apfelstrudelig's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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nebulous_tide's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

Started extremely well. Lost me a little about 2/3rds through, but ended superbly.

Tchaikovsky has a way of showing how different futures can play out that make them feel so real they could be here now.

I was made to feel very uncomfortable - even the "good" technology was terrifying.

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tiredcreature's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.75

Multifaceted discussion of the ethics of artificial intelligence and bioengineering, reminiscent of the Murderbot Diaries and Asimov's short stories

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kaiiyo's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A unique analysis about the implications of gaining humanity. What's does it really mean for something inhuman to develop free will and morality? And what does it mean for humans living alongside what we have created?
The author manages to write the characters in such a way that the style makes the progress very evident (looking at the voice at the start of the book compared to the end is amazing!). Characters that for a large part of the book only seemed present to drive the plot and not to endear the reader sneak their way into your heart without noticing and left me sobbing by the end.
Thought provoking with a lot of heart!

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