talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Sexism, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Terminal illness
Minor: Ableism
Spiders, insects. Passing use of cr*pple/d, single use of the R slur.valjeanval's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Minor: Animal death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Classism, Violence, Sexism, Death, Cursing, and Blood
toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death, War, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Dementia, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, and Body horror
marsh_mall0w's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Slavery, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Sexism, and War
Moderate: Genocide, Mental illness, Animal death, Xenophobia, Violence, and Abortion
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Torture
micheala's review against another edition
We then get a ship with a few thousand of the remaining humans centuries later, travelling through space (in stais) in the hopes of finding a new home.
The planet they do eventually arrive at was supposed to be an experiment to "speed run" evolution and create new humans from monkeys + an engineered virus. However, those monkeys died being sent to the planet, and giant senteant insects evolve instead.
Cool right? I had a few quibbles with the spider sections (they don't know what humans/earth is, and they don't know about the virus let alone how it functions, so stop talking about it in the narrative portions of their sections; and I was kinda disappointed that their society also was fundamentally sexist and pretty much a 1:1 of humans in the medial ages in terms of society)
The humans finally get onto the planet, and we get drop kicked into full on horror, specifically graphic body horror. So I noped out of a story I was otherwise enjoying at 37%
If you're cool with horror, I'm guessing this book is going to continue to play with some really interesting ideas, however as someone who cannot deal with horror, it's a DNF for me.
Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Sexism
cookiecat73's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, War, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness
Minor: Child death, Excrement, Incest, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
gilchrist's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, and Slavery
Moderate: Body horror
lilifane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is genius. This is perfect. This is a must-read tbh.
I'm at a loss for words what this book has put me through and what it means to me. Can't believe I almost DNFed it at the very beginning (I admit, it is a little hard to get into). But I'm so glad I didn't because it quickly began to blow my mind and truthfully kept at it until the very last word.
This is solid hard Sci-fi but also one of the most epic, thought out and surprisingly emotional reads ever. It was worth every sciency passage that went over my head.
I want to talk about it for hours, analyze it, I want to compare it to so many things I love and found within it. But it's probably just best to go in there not knowing what to expect.
Fair warning: There are spiders. And I do not like spiders, so I was very conflicted. But I recommend to... just get over it and read the book nonetheless. I definitely don't regret it.
Graphic: Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and War
pkledgrape's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Colonisation and Xenophobia
spiders