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A review by bearlyreading
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
5.0
I am putting 5 stars, but in reality I would give this 4.75 star rating, It was honestly a really great book. It dealt with a million important issues and really dived into issues such as inequality, climate change, and the end of the world.
The Characters were intriguing and very well thought out. They felt as if they were real people which is exactly what you want from a Fictional story. The Conflicts in the story felt important, and even though it was set in the past the issues on women's rights and the rights of POC were well laid out in this book and painted a detailed picture of how deeply inequality ran. (And still does run...) The author made it relate to modern times while staying authentic to the 1950's, which just makes it even more evident on how far as a people we have come when we refer to equality showing how we still have such a long long way to go. I look forward to diving into the second book later this year!
The Characters were intriguing and very well thought out. They felt as if they were real people which is exactly what you want from a Fictional story. The Conflicts in the story felt important, and even though it was set in the past the issues on women's rights and the rights of POC were well laid out in this book and painted a detailed picture of how deeply inequality ran. (And still does run...) The author made it relate to modern times while staying authentic to the 1950's, which just makes it even more evident on how far as a people we have come when we refer to equality showing how we still have such a long long way to go. I look forward to diving into the second book later this year!