A review by hereforthefunofit
A Planet for Rent by Yoss

challenging reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Wow, so that was a ride and a half. It's a lot to get through and wrap your head around, but it definitely gets easier. It's a decent (definitely accurate) allegory of the entire planet Earth as the colonised, trampled, corrupted and tourist-ran third-world countries some of us have the pleasure of being born in filled with some intricately constructed character-led short stories. As a third worlder myself, I understand and relate to your whole world being people who want to escape, so to get to see every character's journey of escape or attempted escape was really interesting. 
Cynically, seeing all of Earth be relegated to third world status was nice for me because I am a contempt-filled towards the Earthly powers that be as the humans of this book are to the xenoids. 

TRIGGER WARNING!!
The pedophilia is horrific and absolutely disgusting. I think the normalisation of it is purposeful for the dystopianess of the novel, but jesus christ, it is uncomfortable. So genuine warning for that and other things that may or may not be for the novel or a reflection of the author's opinions: flippant misogyny and dehumanisation of sex workers. 
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