Reviews

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

booksandabev's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

librarycard87's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

Read for a book club, that's the only reason why this wasn't a dnf. How was it so many pages and nothing really happened?? 

pilardo's review against another edition

2.75

This dragged for me - very character focused but I didn’t really like the characters enough to care. I kept hoping something would happen and while big, universe-scale things happened, I wasn’t invested.

mareru's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

mementomorivv's review against another edition

5.0

What a beautifully heartbreaking story. This brought me so close to tears and that rarely happens to me with books.

girish0731's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Due to recommendation of book-tuber picking up this book was a brilliant choice. The story with backdrop of music present in it is incredibly poetic simultaneously. The themes and story goes dark places suddenly but it is also extremely melancholic. The characters go through the wringer and then also its extremely beautifully written with the prose being one of the best. The book might be around 400 pages but it develops and builds each of the characters and plot perfectly on point. Must read for anyone interested to pick a standalone science fiction book for the year. 

pohutukaryl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Accidentally devoured it in one three and a half hour sitting, oops, because the prose is beautiful and felt like someone was telling you a story around a campfire, effortlessly weaving together seemingly disaparate characters over several years. I do wish there had been less of a time skip but that's because I enjoy seeing how found families are forged.

teejayque's review against another edition

5.0

I’ve never had a book grip me so tightly while it completely tore me apart. I’ve actually never had a book evoke such strong emotions from me.

By the end of this book I was sobbing so heavily I had to pause and wipe my eyes in order to see the pages properly.

Their world became my world and not once while I was reading did my attention waver. I was dialed in every time I started reading.

I will think about this story for a long, long time. And I’ll probably cry about it for a long time too.

dangeodi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

drewmirque's review against another edition

challenging inspiring mysterious slow-paced

2.5