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Any book that has a metal line like "Space has turned us into new humans. The birth of a new civilization is the formulation of a new morality. When they look back in the future on everything we've done, it may seem entirely normal. So, we won't go to hell, children." absolutely SLAPS

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

Pay respects to the original himbo/nerd solidarity

AUDREY’S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

The excessively gendered and power-imbalanced flirtationship between a dangerously pretty peasant and "you know, one of those GOOD aristocrats" is impossible for me to find romantic

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

It's a testament to the suspenseful captivating power of this story that I had to lie down and cool off for a while after the narration introduced a first-person pronoun

AUDREY’S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

I’m amazed at how well the social and political rhetoric holds up, or I suppose, how much history repeats itself, because dialogue from characters like contrarian soapboxer Mo and professional devil’s advocate Sydney read like discourse I could find on Twitter literally right now.

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

I didn't realize when I started this book that the life work of one stubborn naturalist would eventually pave the way for deceit, murder, and the eugenics movement, but I was along for the ride the whole time.