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My library loan ran out at about 70% and I'm okay with it. I was struggling to keep going. The whole terraforming using modified "normal" systems was kinda neat, but all the characters and events felt flat and kinda boring.

I'm still getting used to authors using they as a singular in writing (I'm fine in casual convo but writing throws me off), but the inconsistentness of having characters sometimes share their pronouns and sometimes not was a little jarring.

As I said, just flat, there were so many characters even before the first time jump that I really didn't get invested in any, and nobody really got developed.

I'm sure it's a great story but I recommend passing.

Not quite what I expected with a synopsis involving black holes and alien biomes. It was an interesting read. I guess it's considered a short story. Definitely written by an engineer/scientist based on some of the word usages.

Was a short fine read.

It was a fun book. I don't think its his best book, which to me is Androids Dream, Old Mans War, or Agent to the stars. But its a fun book.

It defiantly has a bit of a Cory Doctorow feel, with the random modern technology thrown in. Plex. Discord. NFC. Local Wifi. Etc. Not a bad thing, just not what I really expected so much.

The whole thing about the first person narrator having no gender at all was really interesting. A couple places felt off, like the character had a gender in the first draft, but only like two places. Using Jaime instead of a pronoun in some locations felt awkward, but rarely and easy to overlook.

I would absolutely recommend to other people, especially since I essentially read it in one day.

Well written but I found the over the top sexual comments not only disgusting but completely unnecessary. The premise was interesting and for someone going though corporate shakeups it hit close to home. I essentially read it on one day which says something about the writing style but I also found it disgusting with a non satisfying ending.

I remember seeing the movie trailer and going hrmmm. Remember starting the movie and not much else. So when I spotted this book at the library I got super curious. What actually happened. What's the 5th wave. Etc

Now it had a lot of the tropes. Badass girl. Girl not being noticed. Girl falling for pretty boy. And honestly none of them felt too much or overwhelming. I got super curious about things, and enough time was spent on the main characters that I got invested. Only had one real moment near the start of "huh. That's an odd choice for a male writer of a female character to do".

Was it the best thing ever? Not by a long shot. But it kept me interested and I may even pick up the sequels sometime

Ps. Tried watching the movie again tonight. It was absolutely aweful.

Starting off, I generally don't like fantasy books, I love urban fantasy, but fantasy just doesn't get me. This sorta straddles the line. Its set in 1900 with some stuff in modern times.

I found the characters that the author chose to focus on were really fun and exciting and interesting. The rest I had trouble following.

I don't know what else to say. I enjoyed the whole experience, got lost a few times with all the characters, but it was an interesting story and felt different than normal. I might check out the next ones in the series, but it does feel like its going to be a long adventure.

It was interesting. The tone changed from the early book, not drastically, but enough. I still really enjoyed it, and there was still silly shenanigans, but as the author mentioned at the end, he changed, both due to covid, and family health issues.

I enjoyed it for different reasons I enjoyed the earlier books. And it does feel like a kinda satifying ending, but be warned, its not as silly.

Was really neat. Liked and disliked the choice of using a new language. Lots of characters, but only really needed to know a few, so wasn't overwhelming. Super progressive for being written in the 60s, but also sometimes some very weird and archaic views of women (or fems).

Not bad

I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected I would. Reading a sample from the library, I kinda expected it to be a fairly generic teen romance novel, maybe with a bit of urban fantasy thrown in. I was really surprised. The two main characters grow in a way I'd never expected teenagers to do. Most adults I know won't internalize anger, stop, listen, think, and grow. They really should though. Every main milestone prudence had, every win in her life, I teared up and was excited. I am still shocked how invested I was.

I was first introduced to Meyer's books with the Cinder series. I really enjoyed them and recommended them to my friends. As with those ones, she's able to take a little twist to the existing formula and turn it into something special.

Very firmly in the did not like. I did finish it, but I grumbled and complained throughout. The other reviewers did a great job at highlighting the very toxic items. It's also a very long book with little payoff. I'm glad I got it from the library instead of buying it.