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I love a good first contact story, and this is one of the best. It features a "shipwrecked in an unknown land" adventure with very sympathetic human characters trying to make sense of the surreal, omnipresent horror of the unknowable. Gripping stuff.

gabriell's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.5

idaliestganzviel's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

psoglav's review against another edition

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4.0

OCENA (overall rating) ★★★✫ 3½/5 stars
Radnja (story) ★★★★
Ideja (plot idea) ★★★★
Okruženje (setting) ★★★★
Pripovedanje (writing style) ★★★✫
Likovi (characters) ★★★✫

UTISAK (summary) - Još jedan prikaz pokušaja uspostavljanja kontakta sa vanzemaljskom civilizacijom i prokaz osnovnog problema da mi ljudi sve sagledavamo iz našeg "zemaljskog" konteksta. Likovi su arhetipovi naučnika i kao takvi zastupaju stavove u skladu sa granama nauke koje proučavaju. Odlični opisi vanzemaljske arhitekture.

valodniece's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I wanted to love this. And the last quarter of the book, I think I did, because there they finally started getting into the socio-cultural context of the world they were on. But I felt nothing for the main characters - heck, we don't even know most of their names - because we know nothing about them as people. We only know how they react on this new planet, Eden, but that's all. It is really just a glorified scenery description with some observation of native sapiens.

misanthrope's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

An adventure story with political overtones. A bit long I’m description and short on action. An interesting story with big ideas. I am going to read more from this author.

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