Reviews with content warning for Genocide - Persephone Station

CW: violence, death, alcohol and drug use, chronic illness, death of a parent, genocide & colonisation

I had a ton of fun with this one, and having a nonbinary character as well as tons of other queer & women characters being the main group was also just nice to experience. we love a more diverse cast! they all had great personalities and banter like an actual crew/found family.

Rosie & Kurosawa were my fave. just gonna drop one of my fave parts of the book, here:

"you know my sexual inclinations," Rosie said. "so, unless you've grown a cock since the last time I saw you, I'd recommend not trying to fuck me. it'll get you nowhere." -pg 89

my only real complaint is that the end was a bit anticlimactic, like I just wish there was a little more. it was still a good ending, though! overall, I loved this and I'm glad I read it!

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gumbella's review

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adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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jackie_b's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The narration felt a bit disjointed and I don't know if I felt enough time was given to fully exploring character relationships.

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elwirax's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

The beginning of "Persephone Station" was quite a struggle to get through with the info dumping and confusing scenes. Howbeit, when the action picked up it was much more enjoyable. The diversity and queerness was great and I appreciated the non binary representation which I rarely have the pleasure of reading about.

However, I think that "Persephone Station" tried to do too much which negated from other aspects of the book. I wish there had been more focus on character development rather than action. I found it difficult to care about any of the characters even when their lives were at stake. I was invested in the snippets of backstories- particularily that of Kennedy's- but felt there wasn't enough to create well rounded characters. The world building also lacked full development. Although there are solid explorations of alien species, artificial intelligence and illnesses these were not explored in a satisfactory way, leaving me with many questions.

Throughout the book there's a secondary storyline that doesn't really mix into the main one until the very end and even then they do not tie up neatly. The ending of this book was wrapped up quite conveniently and with many plot holes

The author tended to use the word "said" so frequently that by the end I found it utterly inffureable. It made the writing seem juvenile (although this may just be a personal irk).

I had high hopes for this book but for 500 pages It was quite dissapointing. Despite this, if you're into the idea of a predominantly female cast with non stop action then this may be for you. If you're more into character development and world building this is not the book for you.

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reviewsandreadathons's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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