Book guide
An Unkindness of Ghosts
A brutal starship society is ready to burn from below.
Genre and trope pairingsSci-FiDystopianSci-FiPolitical intrigueSci-FiGeneration shipSpace OperaPolitical intrigueLiteraryTrauma recoveryLiteraryFamily secretsLiterarySocial commentary
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About An Unkindness of Ghosts
Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a generation ship organized like the antebellum South. As she clashes with a violent overseer, she discovers a possible path to overturn the ship’s cruel order.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Extreme
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- ableism
- misogyny
- homophobia
- transphobia
- misgendering
- racism
- racial slurs
- slavery
- rape
- sexual assault
- child sexual abuse
- suicide
- self harm
- abortion
- forced sterilization
- medical procedures
- surgery
- amputation
- needles
- death of a child
- death of a parent
- police brutality
- torture
- lynching
- fire
- captivity
- sexual content
- gun violence
- intersex discrimination
