oromei

Somewhere between a 3.5 and a 4 but I rounded up. It was a quick, fun, anti-capitalist, queer sci-fi story

I enjoyed the book, but I'm not yet sure I liked it enough to continue with the series. I really wasn't a fan of the writing, but the story was interesting and compelling enough to keep me. I think, contrary to the pacing of the show, this was almost too fast-paced. I also found the romance plot between Lukas and Juliette off-putting, it didn't make sense to me at the start as it formed so was hard to accept as it progressed and detracted from the main plot. Excluding the obvious differences in storytelling between print vs screen, I felt that the changes made by the show runners better represented / portrayed the central themes and character development than the book did.

It's a no for me

I was happily surprised by this novella. I tend to lean more towards fantasy than sci-fi, I typically avoid time travel themes, and I don’t read much poetic/prose-y writing these days, but this was **very** well done.

I found some of the pain points others criticized online, e.g. the intentional lack of thorough world building, to be really refreshing and honestly more suitable to the story (and kinda the point?). Overall, this was a lovely read.

Such a great novella! Easily a one-sitting book, but very memorable nonetheless.

Such a lovely book! Really feel-good, my favorite high fantasy novel in a long time.