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saintdoormatius's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
mrconrad's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
isd's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content, War, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Violence, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence
max538's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
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
tesla323's review against another edition
3.0
Decent scifi, heavier on the military fiction than the scifi. The author's prose was excellent, although the book dragged quite a bit in the middle.
wmcduff's review against another edition
2.0
Eh. It was fine. Didn't really grab me, but decent action and some twists and turns. Has an origin story feel. Maybe the follow ups make it better.
jasmeralia's review against another edition
3.0
This review is specific to the digital Kindle version. I had many of the original BT books in print from my high school days back before my arthritis got as bad as it is now and I switched to ebooks only. The original print versions have been out of circulation for a long time, so when I started playing the newest computer game I did some digging and found that they added digital support for most of the older books under a Legends imprint. The novel itself stood up well to my recollection, but the proofreading/formatting took a big hit in this version. A huge number of missing periods, some typos like "m" instead of "in"... seems likely they created the digital versions using OCR or the like, without properly correcting for the errors arising from that conversion.
inferiorwit's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Confinement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Racism
Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Torture
teancom's review against another edition
3.0
I have a hard time hating on this book, even if it’s not very good. It doesn’t claim to be great literature, and it could have been a lot worse in terms on sexism and colonialism. Big mechs get blown up real good. If that’s what you’re looking for, this will fill that role.