sektaufeis's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Es geht auch mehr um Wissenschaft, was ich toll fand!
Warnung abstrakter Spoiler als content note : Stimmung wird sehr negativ ab bzw. vor allem in
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Depression, SuizidgedankenGraphic: Animal death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Confinement
Minor: Alcohol
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Animal death
Minor: War and Ableism
Suicide attempt warming is just in case.gracek67's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Confinement
Moderate: Sexual content and Animal death
mleiv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death and Suicide attempt
karmapen'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? No
4.25
Moderate: Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical content
glitterdeww's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
(Also, trigger warning that "the dog dies in this one." Even if that doesn't make sense, you'll understand when you get there. I hadn't seen that mentioned so... Fair warning.)
The best thing I took from this story was absolutely the world building. Sometimes there was a lot of exposition, and in those sections I lost some interest, but the descriptions of space exploration in this story were very beautiful... The negatives for me personally were how thin the plot and characters were laid out. I know this is a short story, so there wasn't as much time for them... but they still felt very lacking. I feel like Chambers wanted this to be a more philosophical story about the nature of science and it's impact on human history, but it was a bit of a slog to get through for me.
Graphic: Animal death
eatingbrains's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It does bring up the topic that there is a lot to be said about the ethics of science and experimentation. I think it all can be boiled down into something along the lines of having good intentions does not inherently guarantee that anyone/thing remains unharmed in the end or even in the midst of the process. This is true for the scientists themselves and/or their subjects.
Becky Chambers has done an excellent job of making distinct and memorable characters that feel real because the book runs the gamut of human emotions. There's quite a bit of existential dread, and it can be rather heavy at times, but it also has it's moments of fun, enchantment, excitement, joy, and happiness.
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Colonisation, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt
thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Cursing, and Sexual content
agnela's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Grief, Cursing, and Animal death