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Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

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quickredfox's review against another edition

5.0

Incredible. Emotional. Raw at times. Another review warned me this book is about the journey -- not the arrival, colonization or planet exploration, so if you're hoping for that, you might be disappointed. Since I had been forewarned, I was absolutely rapt by this novel.

cloudwatcher's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.0

hurt so good

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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lizzieb's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-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

mbcovarrubias's review

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2.0

I'm rating this book poorly because of the audiobook narrator. It was a somewhat interesting story aside from that. Though, the entire time it sounded like the narrator needed a glass of water. She kept smacking her lips and swallowing every third word. I'm highly disappointed in that. I feel the audio editing could have been much better. That has nothing to do with the novel itself.

andyreader's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

catofbones's review

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Not bad, but not for me in terms of writing and plot.

stuckonstories's review against another edition

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slow-paced

2.0

mollyxgp's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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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