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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
This was an extremely entertaining page turner with a somewhat unsatisfying ending. I wanted to get lost in a book, and this did that for me.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Creepy to think about how it’s not unbelievable that some of these things could occur during this day and age.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Pandemic/Epidemic
Maybe just not my cup of tea... I also read it during a pandemic and race riots so maybe it was just too much social depression. I thought the writing was amazing, it was just the content I didn’t love.
An interesting, creative novel that compares two very different times and the effect technology had on the people living within said times.
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was all ready for a Truman Show, Black Mirror, celebrity culture mashup, and this book definitely scratches that itch, but at the same time just barely skims the surface. It does that thing where plots and characters follow a flimsy logic only meant to get from A —> B (and worse, sometimes, only as an excuse for an out-of-place writing flourish), and ignoring any realism in the characters or world they’ve created. In most fiction that’s enough for me to put a book down early on, so credit to Angelo’s concept and consistently engaging writing that I never even considered that here. But loose logic and lack of depth is REALLY frustrating in speculative fiction, particularly when exploring ideas that demand complexity, depth, genuine humanity, etc. File under “might work better as a TV mini-series”?