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armontheroad's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Temi Oh has crafted a brilliantly beautiful story!! Finishing this book made me violently sob. The characters' complexities, relationships, and situations they find themselves in are done incredibly well. I felt as if I were on the ship with them, heading to Terra-Two!! My heart breaks for these characters in unfathomable ways.
This book does not shy away from talking about trauma and other hard-to-tackle conversations. So I have done my best to compile adequate content warnings for this book below.
Additional content warnings:
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Torture, Car accident, Abandonment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
zombiezami's review against another edition
5.0
The vibe of the book to me is the tension of feeling forced to smile in front of an audience but like your smile is unconvincing so you smile bigger to compensate
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Abandonment
Minor: Drug use, Racism, and Alcohol
colorismcazzie's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
madipenn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
It was a breath of fresh air to see kids-- especially the gifted kids, the chosen kids-- be written as kids, seeing them have regrets and making the wrong decisions, seeing them processing intense and complex emotions.
I understand the open-endedness but I longed for a resolution and more story when I got to the end.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Rape, and Grief
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, and Vomit
Minor: Alcohol
beaingleby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Grief
talonsontypewriters's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, and Car accident
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Alcohol
emsavors's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
foiblesandfiction's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Also, this book is really, really long and has very little plot.
So, if you're ready to journey through space with some highly intelligent (almost to their detriment) young adults who are working through their own moral dilemmas while also working to solve humanity's greatest downfall, buckle up and hop on board.
Reading recommendations: time, a cozy seat, and a warm blanket with a cuppa.
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
ok7a's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Eating disorder and Toxic relationship
Minor: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit
sorcha_rosa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail