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Starflight by Melissa Landers

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hunter84's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No

2.5

I was told this was lighthearted, and I guess it kind of is, but the amount of graphic violence/injury didn't feel especially lighthearted to me. Also more nonconsensual drugging than you might expect. 

My actual complaint about the story is that the version of Doran we meet at the beginning of the book stops existing like two chapters in and never comes back. Once the plot gets going he's a completely reasonable person with zero prejudice against poor people. 

Which does seem like a weird thing to complain about, but the point is, if you're looking for enemies-to-lovers you're not going to find it here. At best it's allies of convenience to lovers. 

Either he or Lara, idr, even comments at the end of the book that it feels like he's a completely different person who would never do the things he did before. Yeah. It's called bad writing. 

Oh, they also say at the end that they and the rest of the cast have become a found family. Which is great for them and all, but it would have been nice to read about that happening instead of just being told about it after the fact.

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bluebell4's review against another edition

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Got a little too weird for me 

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shlymiller's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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sparksofkell's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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tonylovd's review against another edition

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

3.0

There were enjoyable moments in this book, but by page 200 I was considering dropping it. It was a slow read, and I feel like the author tried to put too many plots and subplots into it at once for me to fully appreciate it. I didn't feel a strong connection to any of the characters, either. The sci-fi is not super strong, if you want a science-y read this is not it. 
Doran and Solara's romance felt forced, for most of the book they hated each other, until the very end where they were saying "i love you"s. Personal preference, I would have preferred a longer pining and learning to like each other phase.
It reminded me of the Lunar Chronicles (Marissa Meyers), if you're looking for that. 

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