errspace's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
kittyskittles181's review against another edition
4.0
Fantastic beginning. Leckie raises the bar for aspiring space opera authors.
eleanor_rose's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
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
3.75
pedanticpenchant's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
space opera, obtuse, a lot between the line
old_tim's review against another edition
5.0
Leckie plays with a large number of big ideas here, but at times it feels at bit too much like eating your spinach.
Full review here:
http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2013/10/so-many-ideas-so-little-time.html
Full review here:
http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2013/10/so-many-ideas-so-little-time.html
wc5b's review against another edition
Great tropes and world that is introduced and delivered in a very dry and slow method. Loads of early dialog that I think would have been fine if given the chance to devolop a relationship with the charactars. Things at least got a tad more interesting at 50%, but by then, I just stopped caring who was who and why was why.
lisagray68's review against another edition
4.0
On page 65, I resolved to give up on this book as soon as I reached page 100 (because I make myself read 100 pages to give a book a fair shot). However, I sped past page 100 without even noticing because the story had pulled me in. I normally don't like science fiction about completely other worlds - (I do like time travel and dystopian sci fi). Still, this book was riveting even though I didn't understand half of what was going on. Apparently it's the first of a trilogy, so two more books will be going on my to-be-read shelf. Give this book 100 pages and see what you think!
upperjackpain's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- 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
3.0
drlark's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Hard to capture my feelings on this one into something coherent. I love the exploration of personhood and consciousness in Breq/Justice of Toren, and I'm always a fan of multiple timelines coming together to reveal a storyline. I like the challenge of humanity far-flung across galaxies, yet still as petty and prejudiced as ever, trying their best (not) to get squashed by aliens. LOVE the gender stuff (as a corrective to Leguin's Left Hand of Darkness?). But this is a difficult narrative to follow, and there's a lot of maneuvering I'm just not sure I got. So I'll see how that goes in book 2!