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chigh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
It's a pretty good book. I at least superficially liked the characters with in it. I'm not one to overly like war/military stories, but I did choose to read it). I didn't like the Full Metal Jacket cliché of "boot camp". But I did like the story of taking "elderly" people and giving them new life and putting them in new situations. I would like to have seen more, intentionally diverse characters in main roles and more interactions between them rather than battle scenes. Perhaps it's what they've been through that makes the characters, but we'll never know because it wasn't written that way.
Because this series name is the same as this book, if it continues with nothing but war and battle, I may lose interest. I'd prefer conflict of a different nature.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
millydrisco's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Racism, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder
eliaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content and Cannibalism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Infidelity, and Pandemic/Epidemic
trisha_clay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Xenophobia
Minor: Rape
kihvod's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Xenophobia
iono's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, Xenophobia, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, and Alcohol
lavi23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
The main character is the absolute super hero who has everything working out for him while no one knows why. It‘s well written but the story lacks depth, common sense and humanity.
The more I think about the book, the more disturbing just the basic world building becomes. The outset is, that colonization needs to happen as some continents on Earth overpopulated. Like the Indian subcontinent, which had also been bombed with nuclear bombs by the US. The US is not overpopulated, has a lot of old people and the soldiers seem to be mainly US-American - so Americans to the rescue for a problem that they have at least jointly created.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Xenophobia, and War
novella42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and War
singalana'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
4.0
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content