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Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon

plush's review against another edition

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

3.75


Surviving Skarr is more of "Watching Skarr Turn into a Cinnamon Roll"

Its cute and fun. The double trouble was interesting. I had a good time

3.75/5

luluscosmicreads's review against another edition

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2.0

I unfortunately learned more about lizard anatomy that I'd bargained for with this one!

psydneigh's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

3.5

Vivi and Skarr are both clones new to the world. This is a contained story, but the next book will give us more info on the ancestors

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3.0

As you can guess from the series title, these newbies to Not Hoth are clones. The issue is, a lot of them are illegal clones that don't have the knowledge of being a clone. So they have some access to their "original" memories, but they get to deal with the existential crisis of discovering that those aren't actually things that they have done. They haven't done anything. But some of the clones, specifically the gladiators, do know they're clones. I love it here.


Skarr is a lizard splice, and as you can imagine this does not work well on a frozen planet. He is also an egomaniac, so he's not the most popular guy. And yet, he is the first gladiator to resonate. 


Vivi really struggles with her clone-ness. A crisis of identity if you will. BUT. She was cloned from a woman with a survivalist father and a lot of really useful skills. She is also extremely shy and socially anxious. Which is the exact opposite of Skarr. He is not shy and he wants everyone to know he's the best. My favorite part of this was the way that they care for one another. They pick up the slack for each other and it's perfect. I can't wait to get to know Rem'eb!

elledanie's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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bookishnewsandreviews's review against another edition

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4.0

I wasn't looking forward to this book because glimpses of Skarr in the previous one weren't great, but WOW! I loved this book so much.

Two people (a clone and an alien splice) discovering who they are- and who they can be- which falling for each other. This was a delight, and was everything we love in a Ruby book.

I am squealing for Skarr and Vivi and am so happy that I read this!

izzie_27's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ashleychitty's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

sunnycat03's review against another edition

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funny

3.75

geekxgirl's review against another edition

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3.0

3 Stars

As always Ruby delivers. While this was not my favorite book of hers, nor my favorite of the two books now in this series, I liked it plenty.

Skarr was amazing and I loved him to pieces. Vivi was meh. Seeing more Ashtar will always be my favorite part of any new books! And there could never, ever be enough talk of TATERS, lets be real! They're always a highlight of all the books.