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qteabeans's review
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The writing was a little off for me at times and I don't think the ending was as punchy as it could have been. The concept was solid and it was a quick read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: War, Death, and Child death
Amputation, train accidentnorcgr01's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse
fatalisticshrug's review
dark
informative
reflective
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? It's complicated
4.0
There’s a new device that helps you multitask and be more efficient. Do you get it, not knowing if there are any side effects? Do you wait, risking to get left behind along with the people who can’t get it due to health issues? What if your children want one? What if it turns out it might not be right for everyone?
Great book, but also hard for me to read at times because the description of the malfunctioning device sounds so similar to how my migraine brain works sometimes.
Great book, but also hard for me to read at times because the description of the malfunctioning device sounds so similar to how my migraine brain works sometimes.
Science fiction, but easy to imagine we’re only a few years away from something like this. Haunting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
ayana's review
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker follows a LGBTQIA diverse and Ability diverse suburban family as they reach milestones in the shadow of a brain-enhancing implant named Pilot. Much of the novel is a commentary on American capitalism, how technology furthers the gap between the haves and the have-nots, and what it means to be human in a synthetically simulated society. Although hard science fiction themes (the Pilot may be scientifically possible) underline the plot, the narrative centers on the family mentioned above: Julie, her wife Val, and their two kids David and Sophie. Because of choice or biology, each family member has a individual connection to Pilot, which causes each character to make very different life choices over ten years. We Are Satellites challenges readers to envision a dysfunctional, yet loving family inhabit a very realistic near future as they cope first with Sophie’s disability, divided ideologies next, then David’s mental illness caused by technical difficulties. If you enjoy complex characters living ordinary lives in a theoretically fantastic world, give this book a look.
If you liked the leisurely paced and thought-provoking novel The Circle by Dave Eggers, or the bittersweet book about an unhappy family Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams, you will like We Are Satellites.
If you liked the leisurely paced and thought-provoking novel The Circle by Dave Eggers, or the bittersweet book about an unhappy family Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams, you will like We Are Satellites.
I received an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, and Drug abuse
Minor: Ableism and Bullying
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