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neveth's review
5.0
A really, really good book about other dimensions, unhappiness, and finding where you fit even if you're not like everyone else (sometimes in really obvious, and sometimes hidden ways.) I loved all the characters and Weeks is always good at writing believable, complicated people.
chillvamp's review
4.0
This was a really fun read, as always with Patrick Weekes' books! I enjoyed all the characters, and felt they were all handled very tactfully. The fact that half of the Nix/Lori group are LGBTQ also did wonders for my little queer heart. Maya's "reveal" was also handled with total respect and wholesomeness. And while I was expecting a more horror-y twist with Handler, I loved how that resolved.
The only thing that made me squint at the book in disbelief was in the first chapter when Lori does makeup/eyeliner "in two minutes". That's definitely more of a supernatural power than being attached to an extradimensional predator 😂
All in all a great read, totally recommended!
The only thing that made me squint at the book in disbelief was in the first chapter when Lori does makeup/eyeliner "in two minutes". That's definitely more of a supernatural power than being attached to an extradimensional predator 😂
All in all a great read, totally recommended!
tizianav's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
juliaw's review
adventurous
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
5.0
sometimesrobin's review
5.0
I loved how fast the book was. Every second something was happening and someone was in danger. It remind me a lot of a certain anime (Kekkai Sensen) in this whole "the world changed and there are a billion weird things happening but you gotta accept it and move on". To whoever loves lgbt characters with lost of banter and weird creatures lurking in the corners of the world, this book will be a really good read.
lazygal's review
3.0
The world building was a little weak, ditto the Tia Lake/Lake Foundation mythology (and the "gods exist until they're forgotten" was better done in Pratchet's Hogfather). On the other hand, the relationship between Lori and Ben was very sweet, and the Handler/Lori pairing was interesting. The members of the Nix seemd to be all one note until the end, and there's a Big Reveal that felt incongruous and unnecessary.
jbojkov's review
3.0
This book was weird. I think I liked it, but I’m still not sure. I think it reminded me of The Marburg Lens or The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith. The description is fairly accurate, but I spent a lot of time it’s trying to follow the reasoning about what was happening. I know it sounds like i didn’t like it, but somehow- I still cared about the characters and wanted to know what would happen.
hodgepodge's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Holy christ. The idea of this book is quite interesting! Lori and the mysterious relationship with this being called Handler lulls you into the story, then slaps you across the face with some dumb, downright annoying teenage banter while it shoves a cast of characters down your throat. And I will admit that the cast of characters is quite diverse, but it is not handled very well. Theres this character in a wheelchair—and to be honest, I can’t remember her name, let alone most of the characters names— and in the first battle she is thrown against her will. What? It just, my mouth was agape reading this book either from snoring or total shock from how weirdly insensitive some things seem.
kiiouex's review
2.0
I don't even know with this one.
Here's the review: I wrote an exhausted, scathing, one-star review when I was about 100 pages in because the side characters annoyed me so fucking much with their distracting, intrusive, inane banter about subs vs dubs. Because they quipped no matter how poorly the timing, because the love interests were declared apropos of nothing, seconds after the characters had met. Because I had really loved the first chapter, with the protagonist alone, and then I felt like I'd been sucker-punched by a novel designed to sell to twelve year olds by mentioning all their favourite things.
The flip side of that is that Lori and Handler's whole thing was well-written and intriguing and deeply appealing, enough that I actually made the fight to read it.
Did the Quip Squad get less annoying as I went on, or did they wear me down? The pop-culture references never stopped grating. The incredibly shallow romances did not improve or appeal. Some of the Carefully Diverse cast ended up paying off pretty well, while some of it continued to feel patronising the whole way through. The core story - Lori's story - felt worth it, even if you had to trudge through everyone else's PoV to get there.
I'm just throwing my hands up. Some of it was excellent! Some of it was mindbogglingly terrible! I feel like something in the author/editor/publisher relationship broke down, to allow this book to happen the way it did.
Well, whatever. It's over now.
Here's the review: I wrote an exhausted, scathing, one-star review when I was about 100 pages in because the side characters annoyed me so fucking much with their distracting, intrusive, inane banter about subs vs dubs. Because they quipped no matter how poorly the timing, because the love interests were declared apropos of nothing, seconds after the characters had met. Because I had really loved the first chapter, with the protagonist alone, and then I felt like I'd been sucker-punched by a novel designed to sell to twelve year olds by mentioning all their favourite things.
The flip side of that is that Lori and Handler's whole thing was well-written and intriguing and deeply appealing, enough that I actually made the fight to read it.
Did the Quip Squad get less annoying as I went on, or did they wear me down? The pop-culture references never stopped grating. The incredibly shallow romances did not improve or appeal. Some of the Carefully Diverse cast ended up paying off pretty well, while some of it continued to feel patronising the whole way through. The core story - Lori's story - felt worth it, even if you had to trudge through everyone else's PoV to get there.
I'm just throwing my hands up. Some of it was excellent! Some of it was mindbogglingly terrible! I feel like something in the author/editor/publisher relationship broke down, to allow this book to happen the way it did.
Well, whatever. It's over now.
straystarlight's review
4.0
My brain kept going, "Wait, does that make sense? But what about--" as I read, and some action sequences actually felt like they resolved a little too fast, if that's possible, but Feeder is such an emotionally sincere book and the characters are honestly just adorable. I enjoyed it a lot. Also, Handler. <3