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lizziegracereads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
reading_ninja's review
4.0
A great sci-fi read
We are in the outer edges of space, in a future where humans have gone to the stars, and one group of 7 ships ended up where this story takes place, many years after the 7s arrival. Enter a kickass heroine who is trying to hide in said outer edges of the 7 ship human space, but fate intervenes in the form of 3 people & so adventure and action enter her life, now a life where hiding is pretty frigging hard....
We are in the outer edges of space, in a future where humans have gone to the stars, and one group of 7 ships ended up where this story takes place, many years after the 7s arrival. Enter a kickass heroine who is trying to hide in said outer edges of the 7 ship human space, but fate intervenes in the form of 3 people & so adventure and action enter her life, now a life where hiding is pretty frigging hard....
cosmictantrum's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
cselpl's review
4.0
Good storyline
Start of a new series by jenny schwartz. Enjoyed the plot and characters. Looking forward to next one, and more details about this world. Really enjoy her books.
Start of a new series by jenny schwartz. Enjoyed the plot and characters. Looking forward to next one, and more details about this world. Really enjoy her books.
small_alex's review
3.0
3.5 stars
Okay loveeee the FMC. She's realistic and intelligent and I absolutely love her vibe. The man is also cool I like him. There isn't really any romance in this book BUT it sets up very nicely for some future slow burn. The plot is interesting, though at times it got kind of boring/infodumpy. Still, I'm excited to see where this goes!
The ending took me majorly by surprise. Not the actual plot, just that it ended very abruptly lmao I haven't read a book that ended on a cliffhanger in a while.
Okay loveeee the FMC. She's realistic and intelligent and I absolutely love her vibe. The man is also cool I like him. There isn't really any romance in this book BUT it sets up very nicely for some future slow burn. The plot is interesting, though at times it got kind of boring/infodumpy. Still, I'm excited to see where this goes!
The ending took me majorly by surprise. Not the actual plot, just that it ended very abruptly lmao I haven't read a book that ended on a cliffhanger in a while.
mhlreadsbooks's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Space opera with an interesting start. A bit slow at parts and I’m glad that I enjoyed another series before starting this one. Hard to resist a xeno-archaeologist!
gkepps's review
adventurous
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
tsipi's review
2.0
First of all, this book desperately needs an editor. There are embarrassing grammatical errors, missing quotation marks, a weird mix of British and American English... It's distracting.
The premise is interesting, the characters almost engaging (the dialog kills it) and so there was a lot of potential here. But the dialog was too stilted -- more often just there to explain things, while the non-dialog text also explained things (show, don't tell?). New technologies, alien species, pieces of history etc are just thrown at the reader when they become relevant.
A longer book with well-written world building and, um, interesting dialog that enhances the characters and differentiates them would have been better.
And then... The ending. Cliffhanger doesn't begin to describe it. You're just reading along, and the book -- stops. I had to double check that it was really the last page.
I expected more due to the few-yet-glowing reviews here. Friends of the author? I dunno. As much as I hate not knowing things, I'll leave the fates of Aria, Liam, Jonah and Nora to my imagination. No book 2 for me.
The premise is interesting, the characters almost engaging (the dialog kills it) and so there was a lot of potential here. But the dialog was too stilted -- more often just there to explain things, while the non-dialog text also explained things (show, don't tell?). New technologies, alien species, pieces of history etc are just thrown at the reader when they become relevant.
A longer book with well-written world building and, um, interesting dialog that enhances the characters and differentiates them would have been better.
And then... The ending. Cliffhanger doesn't begin to describe it. You're just reading along, and the book -- stops. I had to double check that it was really the last page.
I expected more due to the few-yet-glowing reviews here. Friends of the author? I dunno. As much as I hate not knowing things, I'll leave the fates of Aria, Liam, Jonah and Nora to my imagination. No book 2 for me.