The novel starts interesting by introducing a world of people living in spaceships and only descending to planets for a rite of passage to prove their survival skills, but the rest of the plot turns out to be a pretty generic coming of age story with more or a fantasy vibe than science-fiction.
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Interesting sci-fi setting
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Predictable and dull plot
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Likable, relatively profound characters
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The story is nothing special
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Thought-provoking about how deeply cultural differences can separate societies
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