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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
librasgroove's review against another edition
3.0
There is social commentary weaved throughout the Beta’s stories. But it feels just like a one off mention that some of the Beta’s experiences with racism, classsism/poverty, misogyny etc. rather than how these things impact their interactions and work on the ship.
I also would have liked to have more
Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicide, and Medical content
Minor: Cancer and Death
ssinforshort'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
4.25
I thought I was going to be reading a sci fi novel that would mostly take place on another planet, instead this was so character driven and less about space or exploring new planets.
This book is about human nature, family, love, and purpose. It just happens to be set in space.
Even though it was way different than I thought, I appreciated the journey.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Death and Terminal illness
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
colorismdestinied's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Toxic friendship
cazzie'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
aroundthecorner'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
4.25
A group of young teenagers who train for and eventually go on a 20+year Spacetrip.
Non-spoilery Flaws in the book:
I really found that there could have been more continued exploration of the characters. Some of the growth was sudden and weirdly unexplained. Some seemed to be forgotten in between and some were really unnecessary and just there.
Still, it kept me going until the very end and I can’t say I was disappointed.
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Suicide
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