Reviews

Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

ginjafox's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

he_slaughtered's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

ourkindofart's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

4.75

mishamir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

holtopia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

empoi's review against another edition

5.0

A conclusion to the Mars trilogy that un-apologetically continues with what it does best. The political evolution of worlds in change. There are less individual stand out moments from the characters we have come to love and from the original cast fewer and fewer are present or relevant in the politics of Mars. But this is how it would span out. New people come to power, no one is ever 100% happy, conflicting interests acts on events to gain themselves. 

It feels like I'm a fly on the wall at a Martian version of the american 1776 or the Norwegian 1814. The democratic growing pains of a young nation trying their best to lay the foundation of a planet that is evolving. A worthy ending to a great series.

the_pokey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

grayjay's review against another edition

2.0

If you can get through the first quarter of the book in which everyone debates what kind of constitution Mars should have...no, it's still not very exciting.

After a trilogy of long novels about the terraforming and settlement mars, with tons of characters, I feel like I don't really care about any of the characters.

10 years from now I probably won't remember much about these books except that they were long and go into great depth about climate science.

drcollazo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25

mylhibug's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

3.75