A review by alexvb
The Settlers by Jason Gurley

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

This had such a cool premise of people leaving the earth due to global climate change and then in space creating pils that could possibly let humans "live forever". I was super invested in the first 40-50% as we stick with a character called Tasneem. I wanted to know about her story and her friend's story. But, due to timeskips and such, then next 20-40% is basically an anthology of lots of different people's stories. They're very quick and short. 

I enjoyed them all HOWEVER, I would've preferred a whole story explain how Tasneem and David at the beginning ends up as Tasneem and David at the end, in detail. The leap of where they are at the 50% mark and where they are at the 90% mark is very much skipped without much explanation? I would've loved to know the details and been shown the full development of it.

I would've liked much longer enteries and development into the many characters we get between the 50-80% mark too, not just one or two chapters of what feels like short stories from them. I wanted so much more.