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mehrymehriss's review
dark
inspiring
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Suicide
darastar's review
2.0
Reread of this book which I remember from when I was a child and which has stuck with me. It’s very strange rereading as an adult in “the future” because it feels like it was definitely not written with the idea that technology had progressed much beyond the 80s. Interesting if you have a very specific enjoyment/kink in books, which for me is “setting up house”: that is, people in a new home or place, and how they set up their home to make it livable for them. Usually lots of shopping if modern, and building and planting if it’s old-fashioned. This is old-fashioned pretending to be modern and it fits my book-kink perfectly.
erfenden's review against another edition
3.0
I have a thing for sci fi where colonists are forced to settle new planets without the aid of high technology. This book, despite being short, simple, and childish, touches strikes those chords sufficiently. Almost the genre boiled down to a parable. Just don't approach this book expecting anything grounded in good logical science.
acdauz's review against another edition
5.0
I haven’t read this book since I was a 10-year-old in 2002 but I definitely remember really really loving enjoying this short quirky book I highly recommend it for any fifth graders who are above their reading level as I was. Especially those who enjoy any type of utopian novels.
theresalp7's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
manjirbag's review against another edition
5.0
My fifth grade teacher read this book to us over the course of a couple of weeks, and it stuck with me so much that I spent about eight or nine years tracking down the title, author and a copy of the book. It is a simple, sweet story, but one that should be shared with children and adults alike more often. This book is close to being pretty much out of print, and very much forgotten, which is a shame.
f33lthesun's review against another edition
3.0
I loved the concept and the descriptive writing is, as always from JPW, wonderfully evocative. I wanted it to be longer and a little less simple, although, as it is written from a child’s point of view, it is as it is.
The moth creatures were amazing and the scene where they are playing with the children is beautiful.
Lack of communication between the group, both before departing Earth and during their troubles, causes all sorts of problems, including multiple copies of the same book in a library of few.
The moth creatures were amazing and the scene where they are playing with the children is beautiful.
Lack of communication between the group, both before departing Earth and during their troubles, causes all sorts of problems, including multiple copies of the same book in a library of few.
sasshq's review
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
m0ogly's review against another edition
5.0
I read this first when I was at school about 25-30 years ago and this is just as good today as it was back then. Definitely give this a read, it's a quick book to get through. This is one of the books that started my love of dystopian and post apocalyptic fiction.
bookpotato's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
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? No
5.0