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zgreyz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
rororow'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death and Child death
Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Infertility, Vomit, Xenophobia, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Dysphoria
thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Animal death
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Death, Grief, Medical content, Slavery, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
maeverose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
2.75
I love her other books, but so far this series is not working for me and I’m considering dnfing it. I was so bored. I didn’t really care for Sidra’s storyline at all, even though I typically love sentient AI stories. Jane’s pov was far more interesting, but I really didn’t like her narrative voice. Her constant categorizing of things into ‘good’ ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’, saying something is ‘real ___’ over and over, her angsty teen phase… It made complete sense for her character but it was overdone and got very annoying for me to read.
As well, it really bothers me how gender is handled in this series. Becky Chambers handles it much better in the Monk and Robot series (though it’s still not perfect). I think it was probably unintentional, but in this book and in small angry planet, she always strictly ties gender to biological sex. There’s an alien species that has four sexes, so they use different pronouns for each of those sexes, but none of the characters identify as trans, and when it comes to most species it’s treated as a given that they just identify as a man or woman based on their biological sex. They always rely on someone’s physical characteristics to judge what pronouns to use.
I wish I liked this series but I just don’t
Graphic: Medical content, Child death, Death, Animal death, and Child abuse
Moderate: Vomit, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood
Minor: Excrement, Ableism, Eating disorder, Cancer, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore
Graphic: dog death and eating of dogs (it’s mentioned very often) Moderate: explosion (that killed people) Minor: not an actual eating disorder but someone has to skip meals to survive and ends up extremely thin and malnourished.ireadqueerbooks'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, and Cancer
lipstickitotheman'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts
claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Child abuse
Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Medical content, Vomit, Blood, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
corvidaeus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Slavery, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Death
Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Medical content
audbaum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Slavery, and Panic attacks/disorders
As she is trying to navigate the world in her new body, the a character is sometimes anxious, feels like a burden, and occasionally thinks what it would be like to cease to exist. In a bid to survive her situation, a character must hunt wild dogs for food.fraxisle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Xenophobia, and Child abuse
Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts