LikedThis one definitely digs super deep intothe hierarchy themes and really digs a lot into the haves and the have-nots,racism, borders, whether or not any of thoseshould matter in a generation ship story.
An unkindness of ghosts (2017)
Creators: Liked "Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot--if she's willing to sow the seeds of civil war"--Page 4 of cover.
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LovedAlso great. So I think I'm at eight now. That's a great book.
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Likedit's a book that while it's not a five-star read the second time around is a solid four-star definitely a book that I missed out on the first time around or just didn't appreciate what the author was doing with the character
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Lovedit was really brutal it was really heavy it was really sad but then there are a couple other perspectives besides Aster that come into things and there's this storytelling that's really beautiful and there's these warm relationships but it's all really dark at the same time
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LovedI certainly found this to be my kind of thing as soon as I started it I found it very readable very easy to get into there's a lot of good discussion in this particular book about the world that we live in and the difference in color and difference in hierarchy and difference in perception
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Likedaster's characterization was beautiful and everything that we got to explore through aster and through another main character theo in terms of gender and sexuality and also neurodivergence all of that was just so nuanced so vulnerable so beautiful all of that was fantastic
Lovedit says beautiful in unkindness of ghosts if you've read it there's a haircutting scene that was just amazing
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Lovedriver solomon of course wrote an unkindness of ghosts an exceptional debut novel
Likedbut they all coexist on this one ship and this is from the perspective right now the part that i'm reading is from the perspective of astor and astor is a very interesting character so i need to continue with this one like i said the annotation process slows it up a little bit but so far so good
Lovedit's a really excellent bookabout race, gender, class, all of the things. i loved it!
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