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by Joan He (Goodreads Author)

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This was originally marked as a duology - is it still going to be one?

Joan He Hi, thank you for the question! The marking was a mistake--the book was always a standalone, and the book 2 is unrelated :)

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is there any explicit violence or sexual content in this book?

Joan He There is violence and sex on the page, but nothing explicit or extremely graphic. Hope this helps!

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will this be available as an audiobook?

Samuel Yes! The author announced the audiobook a while ago in Twitter

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Hello, can anyone tell me why goodreads has this shelved as LGBT? The MCs are apparently sisters, so there's lots of reviews that mention "lesbian" and "gay" as in people assumed that from the cover, but it's not sapphic. So is there something else or some other minor characters?

Sammy C Hello! So none of the main characters are explicitly queer or hinted at being queer, but there is some background rep. One side minor character has tw…moreHello! So none of the main characters are explicitly queer or hinted at being queer, but there is some background rep. One side minor character has two moms and another minor character uses they / them pronouns. However after this is stated it's never brought up again / the characters themselves really don't play a huge role in the plot. Hope this helps!(less)

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Can someone tell me what happens in the last 80 pages or so please? Cee sabotaged Kasey's plan, right? No more humans? Did she do that so she could live, valuing her own existence? Also, what was Actinium's motive for trying to sabotage the project? I re read the passages where I thought Kasey was explaining it a few times, but I don't really get it. ALSO, how was Kasey's speech related to Celia's death?

cc <spoiler>It's left open-ended, because Cee is coming to terms with the realization that she isn't Celia and, therefore, won't necessarily make the sam…more<spoiler>It's left open-ended, because Cee is coming to terms with the realization that she isn't Celia and, therefore, won't necessarily make the same choices that Celia would have. But that also doesn't mean she doesn't end up making that choice. Ultimately, that false memory she created of Celia after the Intraface was removed? That leads me to believe that she ultimately chooses to go back and rescue Kay. But it's open to interpretation.

Actinium's motives were that he was disgusted by humanity's selfishness. The higher ups who were these supposed beacons of eco responsibility had actually been covering massive-scale toxic pollution up, sending incorrect barometers and toximeters to the lower castes, and denying people access to higher stratums for their ancestors doing the same things the higher ups were doing now. Ultimately, in his opinion, his family wouldn't have died if selfish humans were eradicated. So he took steps to make sure that those he viewed as selfish would never awaken. In fact, better no humans at all than even risk selfishness. Wipe out the disease of humanity, literally.

Kasey found a midpoint between Actinium's and Celia's perspectives and that's how she chose to go forward. She understood, because of her sister, that desire for freedom to live as an actual human, but she knew that freedom wasn't tenable in the NOW. So she wanted to make people obey now so that they could be free later. Which is, ultimately, what got everyone to agree to the project.</spoiler>(less)

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The author is Chinese and has studied Chinese history. So why are the main characters Japanese? It's not even about making them not Chinese; genuinely asking why non-Japanese Asians keep doing this. I'm halfway through and ethnicity-based culture is not mentioned at all, except to literally say that there essentially IS no culture in this world. Therefore being Japanese has no impact on the plot or characters. So why?

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