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Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

57 reviews

armontheroad's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • 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

Unbelievably stunning!! 

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:
Religious cult, depression, and Harry Potter and JKR references.
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librasgroove's review against another edition

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3.0

This book is character-focused. I like the New Creationists as a concept (ofc the Christian apocalypse cult is American) and how Astrid became infatuated with them.

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
interactions with the shēngmìng crew
, as they might have served as a reflection/counterpoint to damocles. 
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kingphilwith1l's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Not gonna lie, this is one of the best books I have ever read! I was thoroughly tapped in and intrigued the whole time! It really forced me to ask some existential questions, but not only that, I was asking friends and family those same questions posed here. With that being said...
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All these people dying and the idea that they were expendable because they just needed to give the nation a win. What tf do you mean everyone is gonna forget the moment the Olympics come on!??! One thing for me- have a safe trip, but my ass is gonna stay planted on URFF
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ssinforshort's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • 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

This was not what I expected at all. 

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. 

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serinas's review against another edition

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dark informative tense slow-paced
  • 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

5.0

When I started reading Do You Dream of Terra-Two?, I was convinced that this would at best be a 3 star rating for me. It was slow, and it was confusing with so many POVs in the beginning. I also didn't understand why there were 130 pages before the launch into space, as I was mostly interested in the space-theme. But damn, I ended up rating this 5 stars.

The pre-launch days truly added more to the story and everything that happened in space. I thought I knew what would happen, but I didn't. Things got so much worse than I imagined. The scenario they are stuck in is my worst nightmare. The thought of being alone, with no one to help you - out in space - truly disturbs me. 

I definitely want to mention that the story is very slow-paced. I also thought this would be a horror when I started reading, but I was wrong! It is tense, and the thought of being alone in space is an absolute horrific thought to me - so it kinda worked as a horror to me. There are also scenes that might be triggering to some, so check the trigger warnings before reading.
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zombiezami's review against another edition

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5.0

This is some of the best science fiction, specifically space science fiction, I've ever read. The author masterfully captures the dichotomy between the hope of space travel, especially as a way to save humans from themselves, and the reality of the nationalism and child abuse that would occur if children were trained up to participate in it from a young age. The fact that things were already going off the rails before the group even got into space goes to show how willing governments are to screw over their best and brightest for political capital. So many cover-ups and scandals. 

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
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destinied's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • 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

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cazzie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • 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

Beautiful, vivid writing,  achingly sad evocation of loss in many ways, of those we love and of our astounding, precious planet. Characters, so real, still living in my head. 
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madipenn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • 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

Predictably, things go wrong when a group of people are sent off into space. But that's just about where the predictability ends; I couldn't predict how something would play out or when things may go wrong.
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.
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aroundthecorner's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • 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

This book … it captivated me and pissed me off at the same time. 
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. 
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