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Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

34 reviews

aformeracceleratedreader's review

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medium-paced

3.25

Overall an enjoyable quick sci-fi. Loved the setting and the centipede-like creatures, but the characters were kind of meh. 
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robin_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

This was a nice, easy and fast sci-fi read that could be read as standalone. Felt almost like a palette cleanser tbh.
I didn’t like some of the shortsightedness of the characters at times but all in all I would recommend this. 
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hyuzen's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Fun and breezy sci fi, despite the frequent descriptions of death. A person set up to be reborn in a new body every time he dies tries to hide that a double of him is now walking around on a new colony trying to establish a settlement on a distant planet
The main story is interspersed with details of Mickey's earlier life (or lives), as well as more details about this setting where terraforming and journeying to new planets is relatively commonplace.
Definite vibes similar to an Andy Weir novel, though Mickey is kind of a dumbass so it is probably most similar to Artemis.

The book spends time thinking through the impact and reasons behind its sci fi concepts, answering why people want to terraform new worlds, the difficulty of that task, and why multiple clones would bother people. 

Though it does endssomewhat abruptly, obfuscating and skipping over what should be a very impactful moment to instead deliver a narrative twist. Maybe the sequel will cover more about that.
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itsnicholaslashay's review against another edition

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

3.5

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charlottekh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I was enjoying Mickey7 until just over the halfway mark, where the history of the other settlements started to get boring. A couple of them didn't feel as though they had any connection to the current story and could have been made shorter and other areas added to, like life on the current settlement. 

I also thought the ending fell flat in regards to the Creepers, especially their 'watching' of Mickey's communications. I feel it would have been more beneficial to the story to have focused on them more. 
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ababytapir's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Easy to read, an enjoyable sci fi adventure set on a new planet that doesn't make you think too hard, but does contain a sprinkling of ethics around cloning and colonisation. The main character is kinda dumb and I enjoyed that. 
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lindsayerin's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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araehop's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective 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

4.25

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kellyofcali's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A fun sci-fi read, I enjoyed the world and its history and the fact that while this had some small twists, it wasn't a full-on TWIST book but rather just a good story set within the confines and technology of another world. Excited to see the film!
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singalana's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was a bit of a letdown. I want to like light sci-fi books so bad, but this just didn’t do it for me.

We follow a character called Mickey, who is an expendable at a newly established colony on a icy planet. That means that whenever something dangerous probably resulting in death needs to be doing, Mickey is the guy they sent to do it. Because every time Mickey dies, they make a new copy of him, with all the memories of the past Mickeys. Except this time things go wrong and now there are two Mickeys.

The book is told through Mickey’s POV, and few other notable characters are Mickey’s best friend (Berto), a woman he has a relationship with (Nasha) and the base’s commander Marshall. The characters lack depth, and even the relationships feel disingenuous. And it bothered me how Nasha’s and Mickey’s relationship played out in the book. Marshall is the most infuriating character of them all. 

Something about this book just felt off. The tone is light and bantery at the beginning, but then things take a slightly darker tone. At first I wanted to learn more about other colonies that failed and other expendables, but when the author delivered, it felt lukewarm at best. And in the beginning of the book we have a deus ex machina moment, and the ending is way too neat.

This book needed to pick out a tone and stick to it, give the characters more depth and explain the issues the characters are dealing with a little bit better. Now the plot feels paper thin. 
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