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A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw

getawaypablo's review against another edition

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4.0

*4,5

szaaa's review

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3.0

Idk what i feel about this one to be honest, the romance part just annoyed me so bad, i feel like the romance part is more like insta love (i dislike this trope btw), something cliche like "yeah you made for each other ofc you all gonna fall in love, its a destiny" lmao i hate it here. This book writting style is more like show dont tell so the readers dont know wtf is happening until the mc speak, you need read like 97% of the book to understand what going on and what's really happening.

lucialveroy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

La verdad, pensaba que le iba a terminar dando menos estrellas, pero el final me sorprendió un montón. Para bien y para mal. Una montaña rusa de emociones. Es todo un tema con esta autora, porque me re gustan sus ideas, pero cómo las desarrolla me deja con la sensación de que le falta un poquito más de trabajo. Ojalá siga escribiendo mucho y sus novelas sean cada vez mejores. La del bosque también me sorprendió por su giro final, aunque éste me agarró completamente desprevenida. Es curioso porque en ambos libros los protagonistas son exactamente iguales, aunque en éste me creo un poquito más la cercanía e intimidad porque el contexto y lo que viven es diferente. Está bueno que recicle ideas que se ve que le gustan, con distintos contextos y desarrollos, aunque también parece un poco perezoso. Y hubo un par de cosas que me molestaron toda la historia, como que
Holt fuera TAN resistente y que August le hubiera contado tantas cosas. Para mí hubiera tenido más sentido si lo hubiera estado preparando como Arquitecto y después al ver que se convertía en un ser horrible al fallecer su mujer, que hubiera cambiado de opinión. Porque así queda como un imbécil la verdad.
Eso igual tampoco me quedó claro, los Arquitectos no pasaban de padres a hijos pero las Astrónomas sí pasaban de madres a hijas? Aparte,
me parece una idea bastante estúpida la de mantener todo en secreto entre la Astrónoma y el Arquitecto, si todo el mundo hubiera sabido que había que esperar a que las estrellas reaparecieran para buscar ayuda, las hubieran auxiliado en vez de complicarles el camino y la vida. Y otra, tan lejos se tenía que ir a vivir la Astrónoma?? Por último, toda la gente se olvidó que habían venido de otro planeta??? La gente del planeta de las islas festejaba el día de los fundadores, qué desagradecidos los del planeta de Vega que no recordaban a sus ancestros.
En fin, siento que muchas cosas las hicieron así en favor del drama nomás, como que no había una buena excusa para que sea todo tan complicado y eso me rompe un poco las guindas. También siento que la narración es a veces medio repetitiva por buscar lograr un efecto de misterio, en la novela del bosque, también. I get it girl, tenés muchos secretos que te dijo tu mamá, ya lo chachamos. Pero bueno, quiero seguir leyendo a esta autora, además las portadas que le hacen son de las cosas más lindas que vi.

bluewonder901's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

lewiss18's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective medium-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

3.75

ecadamiak's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

spinmeyouryarns's review against another edition

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2.0

Interesting premise, but it didn’t quite get there. Also, Vega and Noah had zero chemistry.

literary_laurel's review against another edition

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5.0

Full disclosure, I finished this book days ago but only now got a chance to gather my thoughts for a review. I had been feeling kind of slumpy the past few weeks and needed something relatively easy to read, entertaining, and fast paced. And boy was this book the perfect pick!

Here we are following secluded seventeen year-old Vega as her mother passes away and inherits the title of the last Astronomer, who is deemed the saving grace for a pandemic running rampant in their world. We follow Vega as she runs for her life through the wilderness in search of a cure for an illness that would otherwise destroy them all.

What I liked:
- I loved our secondary characters! (I don't want to spoil anything but they're awesome)
- Fast moving, easy to understand plot that kept me engaged the entire time. This book truly reinvigorated me and my love of my reading.
- The setting! This book is very much an adventure and the world building and location changes are so well done.

What I didn't like:
- Vega, at least for the first half of the book, is extremely annoying and makes TERRIBLE decisions. We do see some character growth as the book continues so hold out hope.
- Some of the language and characterization feels very YA, so it's just something to be aware of. I didn't find it too bothersome since I was more focused on/invested in the plot development.

I wavered back and forth on rating it either four or five stars, but decided on five since I had such a blast reading it.

sleepyvenus's review against another edition

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The concept on this books sounds interesting, but the execution is boring and repetitive from start to finish

stefsoverflowingbookshelf's review against another edition

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3.0

2.5/5 ⭐

This book started out so slow and it kept dragging along until about the 70% mark. And then it seemed a bit all over the place.

I didn't really buy how the MC fell in love with Noah after knowing him for just a short period of time. And also they barely had meaningful interactions, besides being on the run together. So I didn't buy into the romance.

The most interesting part of the book was when they made it to the ship, and then I was all in. But I have to say I hated the ending.

Maybe it's my own fault for going in blind and thinking this was more fantasy than it actually was.

Spoiler I would have much rather liked to see them find the ship sooner and for her to make it out and over to the other planet and end the book by going through the black hole and finding Noah on the other side. Or even not finding anything on the other side and dying. Anything but leaving it up in the air...