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Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

10 reviews

benegesserwitch's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Drug abuse

themelodyofspring's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Confinement, War, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

relin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I found myself highlighting different lines because they hit so hard emotionally. Facisniating to see a world that is altered in this way and how it impacts the main characters (Tennal and Serit) think and understand the world. The picture it paints is beautiful in the middle of a ton of intergalactic politics of people trying their best. Also has an amazing structure of gender. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, War, Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

There are power dynamics built into the ways that 'magic' (scifi magic anyway) is seen in their world. This includes ideas about people being able to overwrite commands on other people.

shelvesofivy's review

emotional funny tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent and War

kate_arts's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

This book has so many twists and turns. The story had so many moving parts which at some points were hard to keep track of them all, but didn’t really detract from the story. I think the metaphysical aspect of this book was really well handled especially as the story progressed. I also loved the romance. Some aspects of this book would make more sense if you read Winter’s Orbit first, but they could be stand alone. 

I also want to give a big shout out to Everina Maxwell’s portrayal of gender. She created her own system which is easy to fallow and allows her characters to explore all aspects of this system without judgment or pigeonholing them to fit preconceived notions the reader might have. 

I can’t wait to see what happens next in this universe 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, War, and Suicidal thoughts

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i really enjoyed Everina Maxwell's first book, Winter's Orbit, set in the same universe but entirely separate, so i was of course very excited for their next one. Ocean's Echo went even more for plot and even less for romance than its predecessor, which was already notable for how plot-heavy it was for a book billed as a romance; unfortunately, i enjoyed the plot much less this time around. the whole Power Rangers combine-into-one but with minds ("syncing") became monotonous and laborious. the book could have been 20% shorter, but even if it were, the amount of payoff at the end still wouldn't feel sufficient. basically, not my favorite journey and a very meager reward for my efforts. i still recommend Winter's Orbit though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and War

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Addiction, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Torture, Body horror, Murder, Vomit, Alcohol, Confinement, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Slavery, and Terminal illness

re: ableism: people have genetically-inherited mind-reading/commanding abilities, and mind-readers are stigmatized. re: slavery: discussions of aforementioned mind-readers being conscripted into the military and basically worked to death. re: terminal illness: mcs find themselves in an untenable, rapidly worsening mental state

wilybooklover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Kidnapping, Confinement, Grief, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

astropova's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Death, Confinement, and Mental illness

The latter half / last third of this book has a lot of trippy scenes involving POV characters being unable to be fully conscious of their own bodies/existence. I think this could cause a problem for people that need content warnings for dissociation or something similar.

xompeii's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Everina Maxwell has done it again. A rich and exciting story. Emotional, dark, with twists you don't see coming. And a need to save the goats. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

literarycavy's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, War, and Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts