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There were things that were great and things that were weak. I liked the generation ship idea, which an interesting twist on the "forgotten where they are going" parts. But sometimes the science was twisted too hard for the plot. And Aster's dysfunctional relationships didn't really work for me; both with her friends and with the surgeon. But a great book for a book club discussion.
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Set on a generation ship fleeing from a ruined earth, three hundred years out on their journey...The ship has a tightly stratified society, with the lower decks/darker skins farther from the administrative power of the elite (although the actual ship power is a different matter). There are a couple different narratives here, about rising up against oppression and abuse, the place of people with various mental challenges (autism, transgender, asexual, bipolar), the mystery of Aster's mother and r
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