I really wanted to enjoy this book, but I just couldn’t. I don’t mind purple prose, I actually like it to some extent, but this book was ALL purple prose. There also didn’t really seem to be a plot, and the flashbacks just seemed to be placed there randomly. I had to DNF. It feels like it could have been a great short story, but as a book it just dragged on

First, the premise of it being a movie inside a movie was already confusing for a kids’ movie. Then, they decided to add relativity to an already confusing for some reason. And it wasn’t even scientifically accurate relativity! His trip took way too long for the people on the planet (even with time dilation), he was not going fast enough to trigger such an extreme amount of time dilation, going faster causing his trip to take longer for the people on the planet makes no sense, and you can’t go faster than light—and even if you did, you wouldn’t experience time dilation, you’d actually go backwards in time.
For the rest of the movie, it’s just felt incredibly generic and the characters were very forgettable. It basically rewrites canon, because in Toy Story 1 Buzz is portrayed as an over-the-top, confident space ranger and in Toy Story 2 Zurg is said to be Buzz’s father.

Great dystopian book (and series). Unlike a lot of YA dystopian fiction (which this book unfortunately got lumped into), it feels very realistic and compelling. The motivation of the characters, depiction of a revolution, and character decision-making was realistic and well-portrayed. The subject matter is never treated disrespectfully but with a sort of horrific tone at the normalcy of the games. The way the games are run feels like a dark twist on a lot of today’s reality tv, which adds to the realism. And even though the main character running the revolution was a teenager, it never felt like she an unexplainable amount of power for her age (a problem which a lot of YA runs into).

Good book. The manipulation aspect was portrayed very well and I flew through those parts. Plot twist is good. My main qualm was that the main character sometimes feels a bit 1 dimensional

Great book. Very sad and dark, hard to read. The plot twist at the end is well done but shocking and sad.

Read this book when I was 8ish years old. It changed my life. I have a different disability, but it was the first time I’d ever really felt seen. A lot of books about disability, particularly one for children, are one of the following:
1. The main character hates disabled people. Oh wait! A disabled person they met was actually a real person! The main character no longer hates disabled people.
2. The main character is a disabled person. Mean bullies are like “disabled people suck!” The main character does something altruistic. Everyone sees this and loves them and hates the bad bullies.
This book was refreshing to me because it was neither of these. Imo it had a more realistic take on disability: a lot of times, most ableism is much less of people deliberately being mean and making fun of the disabled people and more of people just not caring to help or accommodate the disabled person. The ending isn’t overly happy to the point of unrealistic, but still feels satisfying.
To the people who are saying this is unrealistic for the time period: I was in elementary school around the time this book was published. If you had a disability (diagnosed or undiagnosed) you were treated as a burden. The school district did as little for you as they could get away with while they touted how good they were at helping disabled kids. And I grew up in a high-income community with a lot of resources.

Great movie. It’s kind of like the antithesis of the stereotypical sports’ movie. I enjoyed seeing band portrayed in a movie. The manipulative character is portrayed very well. The ending is the best part of the movie IMO - it feels happy (to the point of a lot of people thinking it is happy) but it actually is very dark if you think about it.

Amazing movie. The black hole is depicted beautifully and accurately, as well as being very awesome to look at in general. The beginning is slow but it pays off massively. The story tells a heart-wrenching, beautifully portrayed story of love and the passage of time without sacrificing scientific accuracy.

Good book. Characters are well developed. Can feel a bit slow at times. The ending is very dark. If you read this, make sure to have a happier book to read afterwards

Really good book, I’d definitely recommend it. All the main characters’ decisions and problems are bound in science, although the dust storm that kicks off the plot is dubious. The story feels very well-researched in every facet, and like something that could realistically happen. The humor provided nice relief from the anxiety of the plot. The ending is especially funny :)

I know this was controversial but I personally really enjoyed this book. The plot was interesting, although sometimes it was awkward to read with the action and science explanations going on at the same time. The characters were complex and well developed, although Jazz was difficult to like, especially since most of the things she was fixing were problems she caused herself. Ending was heartwarming.

Great book! Characterization is good, alien is cute, science is accurate, plot twist is amazing, humor hits well.