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ladylothlorien's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I sat with this one a while because I really enjoyed it but in some ways it was a bit of a letdown. There’s this huge mystery at the beginning and I was really into it, to the point where it didn’t really matter that there weren’t alien encounter scenes (other than the main character’s recurrent nightmares about his really messed up alien encounter). I really wanted to know what was going on! But ultimately the resolution of the mystery was a disappointment. At that point is when the alien encounters ramp up to 11 so I didn’t have long to be disappointed before I was back on the thrill ride. So on the one hand I really enjoyed this book as an Alien Universe book but I should have set my expectations lower for the mystery aspect. Still highly recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Child death, Death, and Gore
Typical Alien Universe blood and gore but the MC’s experience with the aliens and losing his family was brutal. And because he’s traumatized, he thinks about it a lot.
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