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• Great story

  I really enjoyed this book. Science fiction horror with a good story and relatable characters.

• Terrible book

  Author has no clue how to write horror. 2/3 of the book in and still waiting for the horror. Do not waste your money or your time.

• Solid SciFi horror

  Not the most scary SciFi horror, but the genre is so sparsely populated I'm just happy to have it. I especially liked the AI aspect, though as someone who knows a bit about the topic I personally would have liked more details about the AI part. Hester's mental, emotional and physical trauma gave the story and intriguing point of view, though I also feel like there were some missed opportunities with her various cybernetic limbs (though they were also never forgotten which I appreciated!) The casual queerness was also an aspect I liked, together with the various characters. The plot was intriguing, though took a bit to get really started in my opinion. Due to the investigator aspect it felts almost more than a crime mystery than pure horror though. While I enjoyed the plot, I didn't think the pieces fit together as smoothly as they could have been, and in my opinion there is one bit plothole. Why did Vanguard not just leave at any point before? It clearly was capable and didn't want to do what it was set up to do. That said, I really enjoyed the foreshadowing and plottwists.

• Murder Mystery, In Space!

  I took a chance on buying this book, especially because at the time it seemed like most reviews were written by people who got the book for free. Well, I paid money, and I don't regret it. This book was excellent. I've read the Expanse series, so I'm comparing heavily against that. This book had a similar vibe in terms of the geopolitical situation of belters vs inners (though in this book, Mars is even worse off since they lost their war for independence, and the moon is its own nation.) Corporations run things in the belt, with a very obvious disregard for the work force. The world building is scattered throughout the story in very few pages, and I liked that I could get that background while the story continues forward. The addition of AI in this book is something I realized that a futuristic series like the Expanse is missing. I've never read murder mystery books before, but I have to imagine it'd be something like this. I spent half the book wondering (in a good way) what the heck was going on, and trying to make guesses of who done it. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

• Fascinating

  The start was a little slow, but the middle picked up the pace a bit and the last third was quite thrilling. I really loved the mystery, there were some things I guessed and some that completely surprised me and I thought it was well done. The secondary characters were a little less interesting, except for one certain dynamic that I would’ve liked to see more of. I’m glad I gave it a chance especially because of the fascinating AIs.

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