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The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

frysling's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

johannasi's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Decent world-building, one main character is well-developed but the rest are one-dimensional, not too much going on plot-wise

booksarebetter's review against another edition

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3.0

This was brilliant writing but I'm just going to be against public opinion because I don't understand this book. I may try again but I feel this was over my head and confusing. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mindset. I'm hoping to one day try again. Actual rating 2.5 ⭐.

bookjin's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

4.0

japxican's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

amieimaginaire's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

kat_reads_bb's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • 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

3.0

pixelvistas's review against another edition

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4.0

Sweet and engaging, though rushed at the end

jamiereadies's review against another edition

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adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

lucardus's review against another edition

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3.0

Karen Lords "The Best of all Possible Worlds" ist ganz klar SF, aber wer hier Action sucht, wird enttäuscht. Ich würde es als Social SF bezeichnen, vergleichbar mit Werken von Ursula K. LeGuin. Ruhig, unaufgeregt trotz der planetaren Katastrophe (es ist nicht untertrieben von planetarem Völkermord zu reden), die das Grundsetting bietet. Es kommt keine Langeweile auf, aber es fehlt auch der Kick, um mich vollends zu überzeugen. Bei einigen Passagen bin ich nicht ganz sicher, ob ich die Handlung verstanden habe, hier müsste ich die Energie aufwenden, das Buch noch einmal zu lesen, aber dafür reicht es derzeit nicht ... Ingesamt bleibt ein positiver Eindruck, aber die Autorin ist für mich keine hoch aufregende Neuentdeckung.