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talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, and War
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, and Gore
Minor: Terminal illness, Child death, Ableism, Addiction, Vomit, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm
sarah984's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Overall through a great instalment in a great trilogy.
Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Death, Medical content, Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and War
Minor: Self harm, Torture, Homophobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content
anxiousnachos's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
This is a fantastic, bittersweet ending to my favourite scifi series. I adore the way this series explores religion and godhood in such a unique way to what you often see in SFF. Instead of gods creating humanity, we have humanity creating gods, and I love the difference in perspective this gives. One of the things I loved most about this book, was that we actually got flashbacks to the creation of the very first god. It adds such a layer of complexity to the whole story: when you see the position the humans were in, what should they have done? I love that morally grey, complex ethical decision shit.
This book, and this trilogy as a whole, is full of complex characters trying to build a better society; of supercomputer gods that you discover are far more complex than you first think; and of cosmic horror mysteries that can tear apart the universe (with lots of tentacles). There are beautifully tender moments, queer relationships, several autistic main characters, other disabled side characters, it pains me this series is not more beloved.
Content warnings: violence, war, blood and gore, loss of limb, death, confinement, domestic abuse (minor), genocide, grief, kidnapping, medical content / medical trauma, mental illness (major theme), religious bigotry, sexual content (minor), suicidal thoughts (minor), torture (mentions only), toxic relationship
Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Genocide, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, and Grief
Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Domestic abuse