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Where Are You Going Where Have You Been? Short story by Joyce Carol Oates

3.0

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Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

oh, my dear crew of the wayfarer. oh how i’ll miss you

The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

would’ve rated it higher if i didn’t lose some attention towards the middle of the book… but perhaps that is my own fault. the last 100-or-so pages were super intense. it was nice to see how things slowly came together at the end… and leave the story off in a place where i can’t wait to pick up book 3!

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

adventurous challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

hard sci-fi that, for me, was pretty easy to follow. i thought the plot and embedded themes were fascinating. i also enjoyed the prose & even some of the characters (like Da Shi, hilarious guy to me)

the scene towards the end in the field with the locust felt incredibly emotional to me for some reason. humanity may be bugs, but bugs always escape elimination

i enjoyed it!

however, the entirety of the book was clearly a lead up to the next. no climactic events whatsoever, though personally i didn’t mind (though i can see how this was annoying to others)

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

adventurous funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Paradise-1 by David Wellington

challenging dark funny tense 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

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

2.75

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Come Closer by Sara Gran

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

not nearly as scary as people made it out to be, at least to me.  a fun and interesting short little read, but left quite a lot to be desired.