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riththewarluid's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
If you are looking for an unsettling sci-fi novel with themes of galactic politics, body horror, and morally neutral people just trying to do their best wrapped up in a healthy blanket of “what exactly do high and low gravity environments do to human bodies” and men being kind of dumb, then this is the book for you. Highly recommend. Half a star off because the women weren’t terribly well fleshed out, and exist as kind of perfect foils for the main characters to develop from, but I love Naomi and I hope to see more of her in the rest of the series. Also there was a bit of weird focusing on Naomi’s racial biology that was not equally applied to the other characters. Just say she’s mixed race, you don’t need to keep talking about her epicanthic fold.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, and War
Minor: Child abuse and Rape
featherbrain's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, and Medical content
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Rape, Police brutality, and Trafficking
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