A review by sarah984
Just Out of Jupiter's Reach by Nnedi Okorafor

reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I thought the concept was kind of neat but the story was just not good. If the ships are limited to imprinting on one person based on DNA then why are animals permitted on board in the first place? The ships were kind of cool but I think there were too many characters for a short story to sustain. There was one character who just announces that she's trans and then doesn't do anything else, there's a character the pov character is really judgmental of because she has allergies (??), a guy whose only character trait is old, a guy who had pet crabs, a guy I forgot about
until he committed suicide,
a guy who
ATE SOMEONE'S PET and
has tattoos or whatever and the main character, who has a comically stupid backstory and makes the worst decisions imaginable. What was the point of this?
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