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megyeager's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.25
I really loved the plot twists throughout this book. Some of them I fully anticipated and some of them were a bit out of left field, though if I read it again, it would track with the story. This is very much a YA novel, the interactions of the two main characters is clearly how teens act. That being said, I'm not a teen and I think if I were a few years younger, this book would have been a bit more monumental in my development. The circumstances that brought this book to me make it special, and I don't want to forget it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Death, Sexual content, Medical content, Sexual violence, and Rape
Moderate: Torture
andatherrin's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Sexual content
martamae77's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide
Minor: Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Incest
hamletslover's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Rape, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Grief, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Medical trauma, and Drug use
beccaruthe's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Minor: Suicide, Slavery, Racism, Violence, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Death, Blood, and Mental illness
lisbet's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
While YA Dystopian SciFi is pretty much my favorite kind of books, this book has one major hurdle in the plot that keeps me from loving it. When I watched the movie Passengers, I could not get past the fact that Chris Pratt’s character woke Jennifer Lawrence’s character without her consent - an irrevocable decision that couldn’t be undone and robbed her of the life and future she had chosen. This book uses the same situation to set off the plot, and that is something that cannot be glossed over. However, the author doesn’t dwell on this at all, and doesn’t allow Amy the anger and other emotional and relationship fall-out of that discovery, and in my opinion that is a huge cop-out on the author’s part. This is largely responsible for my not being able to give the book a higher rating.
But even when you overlook that, there are still issues that keep this book from being great. For me another huge flaw is how the author approaches the topic of sexual assault.The attempted gang rape of the female protagonist (and its aftermath) is completely glossed over. Most infuriatingly of all, the leader of the assailants is not dealt with or punished in any way what-so-ever and completely disappears from the story afterwards. WTF?
One thing I’d love for the author to have explored in depth is Amy’s nightmares and dreams while she was in stasis. What caused them? Why did she have them if no one else who’d been in stasis before her hadn’t?
Some of the things I enjoyed was the discussion about what separates and defines sane vs. crazy, and the multitude of problems (both logistic and moral) of generational ships.
Like much YA SciFi, this is light on the science and there’s not much explanation for why the people are traveling across the universe to a new planet? Are they the only ones leaving earth? Are others going to the same planet? Other planets?
While I did have some problems with the book, I am planning to read the next book in the series
But even when you overlook that, there are still issues that keep this book from being great. For me another huge flaw is how the author approaches the topic of sexual assault.
One thing I’d love for the author to have explored in depth is Amy’s nightmares and dreams while she was in stasis. What caused them? Why did she have them if no one else who’d been in stasis before her hadn’t?
Some of the things I enjoyed was the discussion about what separates and defines sane vs. crazy, and the multitude of problems (both logistic and moral) of generational ships.
Like much YA SciFi, this is light on the science and there’s not much explanation for why the people are traveling across the universe to a new planet? Are they the only ones leaving earth? Are others going to the same planet? Other planets?
While I did have some problems with the book, I am planning to read the next book in the series
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
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