Starsight
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- Author：Brandon Sanderson
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Summary
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series， Words of Radiance， the Mistborn trilogy， and the Stormlight Archive comes the second book in an epic series about a girl with a secret in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future。
All her life， Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot。 Of proving she's a hero like her father。 She made it to the sky， but the truths she learned about her father were crushing。 The rumors of his cowardice are true--he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell。 Worse， though， he turned against his team and attacked them。
Spensa is sure there's more to the story。 And she's sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen to her。 When she made it outside the protective shell of her planet， she heard the stars--and it was terrifying。 Everything Spensa has been taught about her world is a lie。
But Spensa also discovered a few other things about herself--and she'll travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to。
All her life， Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot。 Of proving she's a hero like her father。 She made it to the sky， but the truths she learned about her father were crushing。 The rumors of his cowardice are true--he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell。 Worse， though， he turned against his team and attacked them。
Spensa is sure there's more to the story。 And she's sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen to her。 When she made it outside the protective shell of her planet， she heard the stars--and it was terrifying。 Everything Spensa has been taught about her world is a lie。
But Spensa also discovered a few other things about herself--and she'll travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to。
Reviews
Aketzia
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❤️M-bot❤️
Alex Johnson
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I personally did not enjoy this novel as much as I loved the first。 Partially because it hit me in a reading slump （and an acceleration of， you know， my job） and partially because it was a lot more traditional sci-fi than its predecessor。Like， the plot was interesting and kept me on my toes， and I did enjoy the characters introduced （particularly the not-king gerbil）。 But ultimately I missed the humans。 Maybe that makes me xenophobic towards aliens。 Hopefully I'll be dead before that time comes。 I personally did not enjoy this novel as much as I loved the first。 Partially because it hit me in a reading slump （and an acceleration of， you know， my job） and partially because it was a lot more traditional sci-fi than its predecessor。Like， the plot was interesting and kept me on my toes， and I did enjoy the characters introduced （particularly the not-king gerbil）。 But ultimately I missed the humans。 Maybe that makes me xenophobic towards aliens。 Hopefully I'll be dead before that time comes。（Geez， this review is a mess。 Pretty much: it's not you it's me。） 。。。more
Michelle
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Really liked this and was very disappointed to learn I would need to wait for the next book in the series。
Barb。 D。
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Enjoyable， even if not spectacular。 Great audiobook performance。
Natalya Kahmann
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4。5
Jeanna
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Caution: When reading remember to breathe out to avoid decompression！
TheReadingSorcerer
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this is +5/5☆ I need time to process this masterpiece once again。 This was amazing。 Review to come ^^
Mel
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So glad I waited to read the 2nd installment until the 3rd publish date is 3 months away because I have ZERO chill！！ Scud， what a ride！ Sanderson proves expert in his world building and characters， making you invested。 I did miss having certain characters with us in the story， but enjoyed the new additions。 Also， the M-bot sass is back and still awesome！ 🙂
Mar
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4。5
JoanTheSiren
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 2。5Reader are like 'Sanderson is sooo good'， and then this is Sanderson。。。In first volume， we had almost no answers， when in this one， we only had answers。。。 is it good？ well。。。 The presentation of whole universe， it was interesting， but not in the second volume。。。 We almost didn't know what is happening in Dedarius， didn't know what happening with characters we know from first volume。 What Spensa is doing has no sesne。。。 As the only hope for humanity， she is going for suicide mission （let's say 2。5Reader are like 'Sanderson is sooo good'， and then this is Sanderson。。。In first volume， we had almost no answers， when in this one， we only had answers。。。 is it good？ well。。。 The presentation of whole universe， it was interesting， but not in the second volume。。。 We almost didn't know what is happening in Dedarius， didn't know what happening with characters we know from first volume。 What Spensa is doing has no sesne。。。 As the only hope for humanity， she is going for suicide mission （let's say clear that was suicide mission） and only plot armor and lucky help her。 And then in Starsight， she is making up the worst decision， bc she felt she had to。。。 darling you are infiltrating aliens base， you can't showing randomly that you are human， the most hated creature。。。 Also Spensa randomly traveling in the galaxy， without telling people on Dedatrius the most valuable informations， for which one she decided to become a spy。。。 so this all has any sense？ I don't know。。。Spensa and her realization， not all alience are bad， and thay have children and families。。。 eh。。。 eh。。。 don't you say。。。I am extremely happy we had romance scene with Jorgen and Spensa， while， there were no a single suspection for this， and to never bring it up again， in the whole book。 Maybe next volume will improve my opinion， but tbh I don't think so。。。 。。。more
Tara Wheeler
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Enjoyed this book so much！ From the world building to the characters to the pacing it delivered for me。 I enjoyed the little bits from other characters as well。 This book ended up being quite political， but it didn't lack action。 It was nice to see character growth from Spensa， and even in some of the side characters。 Brandon Sanderson managed to make me care about the characters so much， which was the same in the Final Empire trilogy。 While it was sci-fi， it didn't get heavy handed with science Enjoyed this book so much！ From the world building to the characters to the pacing it delivered for me。 I enjoyed the little bits from other characters as well。 This book ended up being quite political， but it didn't lack action。 It was nice to see character growth from Spensa， and even in some of the side characters。 Brandon Sanderson managed to make me care about the characters so much， which was the same in the Final Empire trilogy。 While it was sci-fi， it didn't get heavy handed with science， with some of it being specific to this universe。 I found the writing very accessible and engaging。 If I had the third book I would read it straight away。 。。。more
Sara
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What a lovely， lovely book。 So much adventure， drama， suspense， intriguing politics， and delicious plot twists。 I felt like I was running a race with Spensa as I read this book。 I just wish the ending wasn't such a cruel cliffhanger。 I really recommend reading this only if you can stand the wait。There's so much to discover and explore in this universe。 And the characters are all so lovable despite their flaws。 That's what I loved about the book。 What a lovely， lovely book。 So much adventure， drama， suspense， intriguing politics， and delicious plot twists。 I felt like I was running a race with Spensa as I read this book。 I just wish the ending wasn't such a cruel cliffhanger。 I really recommend reading this only if you can stand the wait。There's so much to discover and explore in this universe。 And the characters are all so lovable despite their flaws。 That's what I loved about the book。 。。。more
Sara
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4'5*** 4'5*** 。。。more
Megan
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This book was a fun beach read。 I did have a hard time believing a lot of this expanded world， but I tried really hard not to overthink it （still trying）。 The aggression thing （just like the coward thing in the last book） was weird and confusing。 I definitely guessed the hyperdrive secret in the last book。 And I hate it when a book series expands the world by an order of magnitude in each book。 The first book showed Spensa as a fighter pilot in a small planetary conflict。 Now she’s a spy， warrio This book was a fun beach read。 I did have a hard time believing a lot of this expanded world， but I tried really hard not to overthink it （still trying）。 The aggression thing （just like the coward thing in the last book） was weird and confusing。 I definitely guessed the hyperdrive secret in the last book。 And I hate it when a book series expands the world by an order of magnitude in each book。 The first book showed Spensa as a fighter pilot in a small planetary conflict。 Now she’s a spy， warrior， and strategist in a multi-planet and multi-species government coup。 I feel like by the end of the series， she’ll be a god。 Not sure if I’ll read the next one。 We’ll see if I remember the plot when the next book comes out。 。。。more
Sumitra Satyavolu
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maybe 3。5？ I'll have to sit with this one for a bit。this was in many ways better than Skyward and others not as much。 the middle of this book was so god damn slow。 it took everything that was fantastic about skyward and slightly squashed it to start over on top of it。 even though the events of skyward and the start of this book lead to this whole thing that happened in the middle （trying not to spoil it lol）， it felt 2d to me somehow。 i can tell that I'm in the minority here so that's nice。 mayb maybe 3。5？ I'll have to sit with this one for a bit。this was in many ways better than Skyward and others not as much。 the middle of this book was so god damn slow。 it took everything that was fantastic about skyward and slightly squashed it to start over on top of it。 even though the events of skyward and the start of this book lead to this whole thing that happened in the middle （trying not to spoil it lol）， it felt 2d to me somehow。 i can tell that I'm in the minority here so that's nice。 maybe I'm just more attached to skyward and compared to it， starsight was drastically different。towards the end the pace really amped up。 i still love m-bot， i still love spensa。 this was still so much fun to read， can't wait for Cytonic's release。 。。。more
Lucía Cafeína
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¿PERO QUÉEEEEEEEEE…？ OMG esta expansión del universo， el desarrollo de tantos personajes nuevos， así como especies， y la propia trama que se vuelve más locurote cada vez。 Tengo muchas cosas que asimilar aún， pero estoy muy en shock😱😱
Ava
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The second book in literally my favorite series of all time！！ I loved everything about this book and can't wait for book 3！ The second book in literally my favorite series of all time！！ I loved everything about this book and can't wait for book 3！ 。。。more
Ruhani
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 fiy: this isn’t as much of a review as it is a whole ass essay。 I usually use a reading journal for this but i’m too lazy soBrandon Sanderson’s characters are slowly enslaving my heart。 I’m so upset to learn that the 3rd installment isn’t even out yet because the end of star sight was spectacular！Part of the reason why i love dystopian and sci fi is because of the perspective they show。 You start with a character confined in a small society， then that society is crushed to reveal a huge force co fiy: this isn’t as much of a review as it is a whole ass essay。 I usually use a reading journal for this but i’m too lazy soBrandon Sanderson’s characters are slowly enslaving my heart。 I’m so upset to learn that the 3rd installment isn’t even out yet because the end of star sight was spectacular！Part of the reason why i love dystopian and sci fi is because of the perspective they show。 You start with a character confined in a small society， then that society is crushed to reveal a huge force controlling everything。 And then that force is crushed。 And then our little character is at the center of control。 Same thing happened between skyward and star sight。 Perspective。 And that’s a really big theme here with the dwelvers。 When Spensa left detritus， we get introduced to SO many species and new friends and teams and governments systems。 so bam bigger perspective。 Eventually， the species have a bigger perspective and human-prejudice gets lessened。 Then at the very end， Spensa is face to face with these HUGE power beacon animals that are shown like gods since the first book。 And these guys are shown a smaller perspective， learning that smaller species actually are breathing and living。 Spensa shows the dwelver basics of living nature; children， neighbors， love， friends。 the whole package and this reaches a lot into life outside of fiction; which is sometime sci fi just does。 So much racism and prejudice， and superior vs。 inferior bs， etc。 Goes to show that if you widen your perspective， it’d do a whole lotta good And when writing this all encompassing-creatures， and Spensa’s own mind， and M-bots humanity， morrimur， and literally the whole existentialism of this book; Sanderson did SO good。 So descriptive， i could write a whole book of lines and quotes that just awed me。 side note: i just noticed throughout the whole series how many times “flute” is used as an adjective when regarding this universal music。 and as a floutist， i like that。 anyway， really loved this series。 everything about it。 Literally nothing to critique。 。。。more
Books Are In Me
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Uważam， że poprzedni tom był o gwiazdkę lepszy ⭐️
Rumi Bossche
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2。5 stars。 A big dissapointment after the excellent first one。
Tascha
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November cannot come fast enough。
Emily
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Trying to read a fantastic sci-fi fantasy epic while on a summer mission is a little challenging to say the least。。。I know， I know， I started this two months ago， it looks bad but what can I say？ Every time I picked the book up it was like magic！ （cytonic magic at that） Someone would approach me-- "Emily-- you're sweet potato fries are burning in the oven。"， "Emily， can you tell me if I look better in this color or this color？"， "Emily-- how's the book going？" Here's a pro tip -- if someone look Trying to read a fantastic sci-fi fantasy epic while on a summer mission is a little challenging to say the least。。。I know， I know， I started this two months ago， it looks bad but what can I say？ Every time I picked the book up it was like magic！ （cytonic magic at that） Someone would approach me-- "Emily-- you're sweet potato fries are burning in the oven。"， "Emily， can you tell me if I look better in this color or this color？"， "Emily-- how's the book going？" Here's a pro tip -- if someone looks really invested in a book， small talk while they're reading isn't going to make their reading experience any better。 I kid， I kid of course but in review， I can answer honestly I don't know whether or not the meat of Starsight was actually good as I was only able to read brief bite-sized pieces throughout this summer due to my mission's very busy schedule。 So busy when I opened up a piece from Sanderson's escapism masterpiece I'd find myself too overwhelmed by ordinary life to even read further from unordinary life。 I know -- crazy， right？ I can definitely say though that this book makes for a fantastic airport read -- you know those books。 I found a similar situation with Lisa Maxwell's Last Magician which I started on a flight back to the United States from Peru and finished the day after a road trip in Minnesota visiting relatives。 Both excellent novels although I will admit the Last Magician I did read through mostly in one sitting so the memory of it remains more cohesive than Starsight， （my memory of Starsight not being cohesive mostly my fault of course。。。 I regret nothing）。 However， when I finally found myself back at home this past week I made it my personal mission （ ;） ） to finish the book so I can finally know what happens and move on to others。 I can say for certain the last quarter of the book really knocked this one out of the ballpark while I still stand uncertain completely on the meat of the book， this was truly enjoyable this much I know from what I can remember。 The author is clearly a force to be reckoned with and as always I remain impressed after reading this fantastic sequel。 I'm looking forward to seeing what other phenomenal unexpected twists Sanderson has up his sleeve， and for now keep your gaze Skyward！ Callsign Rain signing off！ :） As always， thanks for reading！ 。。。more
Pedro Marroquín
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Este segundo libro cambia completamente al anterior。 La protagonista se va a estudiar a una academia de pilotos del enemigo， disfrazandose de otra especie。 La verdad es que no me he creído nada de la historia y además ha sido mucho más aburrido que el anterior。 C+
Lara
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Even better than the first one in the series。 5 stars。 What a fun ride。 🌟👌I think we had lots of character development in this and the different cultures/ species made this such a treat。 But now I have to wait till November for the next one in the series？！ 😭
Yves Boydens
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I liked it but not as much as the first novel。 "Skyward" was a war novel with Battlestar Galactica vibes that I could imagine happening in the Expanse universe。 This one is a spy and thriller novel with a Farscape meets Dr Who mix that borders indigestion。 And indeed as several reviewers already noted we miss some characters from the first novel。 I'm curious and looking forward for the next novel but with more reservation than I anticipated this second installment。 Oh， and didn't like the ending I liked it but not as much as the first novel。 "Skyward" was a war novel with Battlestar Galactica vibes that I could imagine happening in the Expanse universe。 This one is a spy and thriller novel with a Farscape meets Dr Who mix that borders indigestion。 And indeed as several reviewers already noted we miss some characters from the first novel。 I'm curious and looking forward for the next novel but with more reservation than I anticipated this second installment。 Oh， and didn't like the ending of this one。。。。 。。。more
Maya Robinson
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This was amazing。 Absolutely amazing。 I love it so much。
Rocío
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Te odio Sanderson， CÓMO VAS A TERMINAR EL LIBRO ASÍ？？！？Me gustó， pero tengo sentimientos encontrados respecto a algunas cosas。El mundo que creó Sanderson se expandió muchísimo， tuvimos respuestas a algunas de nuestras preguntas， además de incógnitas nuevas que， espero， se van a resolver en los siguientes libros。Pudimos salir de Detritus y conocer Visión Estelar， una estación espacial en donde convergen muchas especies nuevas。 Todavía no se como sentirme respecto a esto， por un lado me encanta qu Te odio Sanderson， CÓMO VAS A TERMINAR EL LIBRO ASÍ？？！？Me gustó， pero tengo sentimientos encontrados respecto a algunas cosas。El mundo que creó Sanderson se expandió muchísimo， tuvimos respuestas a algunas de nuestras preguntas， además de incógnitas nuevas que， espero， se van a resolver en los siguientes libros。Pudimos salir de Detritus y conocer Visión Estelar， una estación espacial en donde convergen muchas especies nuevas。 Todavía no se como sentirme respecto a esto， por un lado me encanta que se nos muestre más más de este mundo， de otras especias que son tan distintas a la humana y cómo todas logran funcionar bajo un mismo gobierno， pero por otro lado extrañé mucho a los personajes que aparecían en el libro anterior。 Extrañé la dinámica que tenían como grupo， la relación que se estaba forjando entre Jorgen y Spensa。 Siento que todo eso fue empujado hacia un lado， y realmente espero que lo retome en el tercer libro， porque los extraño。 Y si， me gustaron los nuevos personajes de este libro， pero no se sintió igual。 。。。more
Tony Hisgett
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The story starts with a spur of the moment mission， with a ridiculously sparse plan and not a clue where they going or how to return， it felt like the story was sliding into the realms of fantasy。 Then there are the ‘delvers’， I couldn’t believe the author came up with this rubbish。 Maybe I have read too many old school SciFi novels， but I really didn’t find this one very convincing。 I’m afraid I didn’t understand where the author was taking this story， great chunks of the book alternated betwee The story starts with a spur of the moment mission， with a ridiculously sparse plan and not a clue where they going or how to return， it felt like the story was sliding into the realms of fantasy。 Then there are the ‘delvers’， I couldn’t believe the author came up with this rubbish。 Maybe I have read too many old school SciFi novels， but I really didn’t find this one very convincing。 I’m afraid I didn’t understand where the author was taking this story， great chunks of the book alternated between being boring and just ridiculous。 Unlike the first book I just didn’t like the majority of this story。 I first came across Brandon Sandersons when he completed Robert Jordan’s Epic ‘Wheel of Time’ and was impressed with the way he pulled this together， perhaps he should stick to writing Fantasies。 Given how much I liked the first book， this one was very disappointing。 If possible I would have given 1。5 stars。 。。。more
Cailee Cuaresma
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Same as the 1st one。 This book is really good。
Denise
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Great choice by Brandon Sanderson to place the majority of this book in a totally new location。 We meet new races， new characters， new flight mates， and they are all interesting and compelling。 We learn more about the greater world， as well as more about Detritus。 I love Spensa because she constantly doubts herself but pushes forward。 She has a faith in the people she gets to know that， while not always justified， is always admirable。 I look forward to the next installment。
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