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Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

28 reviews

kiwii091's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

Absolutely amazing book - definitely one of my favourite reads! Takes a little while to really get going, but the characters and plot were beautifully well written which made the wait worth it. The map at the beginning of the book also really helped aid with getting a feel for the setting/ where characters were as they constantly moved about and was nice addition overall. The mixture of

magic and science

was very well done as well, and a very interesting concept that bindes the two together during the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Transphobia

ishouldreadthat's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

A wonderful YA debut with queer characters, ghostly friendships, and some proper horror. One of my favourites of 2022!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, and Death

mxbluet18's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Trigger warnings for Sixteen Souls include: death, PTSD (depictions of past events/flashbacks); torture (remembered); suicide (hanging); child abuse (remembered); blood and blood magic (implied); body horror/occult horror; kidnapping; decomposition of a corpse; violence and murder; parental death (on page); anxiety and panic attacks; use of a firearm; transphobia and homophobia (off page)
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First impressions, amazing. It has chapter titles and a map. Both good features for books to have. As well as the very English colloquialisms and northern words and phrases.
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This is a really well written book, with some amazing representation, and lovely characters. It was interesting reading a book that so heavily featured spirits and magic (the two things aren't always included together).
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I found a couple of the friendships surprising and unlikely but they really worked. And I was mostly unsurprised to find a healthy dose of pining (as with many queer YA stories).
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I also really liked that the trans and gay representation was really subtle. In the sense that the fact that there was a trans and gay characters wasn't front and centre, and wasn't a particularly large part of the overarching plotline.
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The guilt aspect, and the reason both Sam and Charlie are seers took me by surprise, but it also makes a weird sort of sense. I thoroughly loved this book, and would highly recommend it to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Phenomenal writing by Rosie,
From disabled rep to queer rep set in the beautiful city of York where I live I literally couldn’t put this book down at all! 
From start to finish I was stuck deep in. For a debut it has phenomenal writing and I’ve never read anything like it.  
Definitely a forever fave 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

Sixteen Souls
By Rosie Talbot

Worldbuilding : ★★★★★
Plot : ★★★★★
Character developments : ★★★★★
Ending :  ★★★★★ 
 

Okay, where to start? I just wanna say... I really love this book so much. I love how enganging the plot and story are.. the character developments from the ghosts, the seers, the other side characters that also important here. This book written beautifully and perfect!

"Seers are like buses; none around and then three come along at once."

The character development between Charlie and his ability as a seer, I love it. He's been so pessimist all the time and always said that he can't do anything. It is called by self discovery for me. It's not because he can't; but just... he doesn't know yet what seers capable of.

Also, I love how Charlie's sisters; Lorna and Poppy that knew that their brother has ghosts friends all along by the feel. They can feel the invisible; which is I thought they... as characters are smart.

I also love Leonie and her knowledge about solving the mystery of the trapped souls around York. She can't see ghosts without cryptolenses. But, she can decipher the clue about the magic sigil to make a ghost trap. Which I think... she is brilliant.

And... Sam. I love Sam so much as I love Charlie. Sam is really a comfort strong character all along. One of his best quotes that I love as I read through the story is so heartwarming.

"I'm not OK, Charlie, and ... I don't know if I will be, maybe not for a very long time. But I've been talking to Miri and she's helped me realize that moving to Florence feels like running away. York was my big fresh start. It was the place I came to be my true self, and I am myself here, with you and our ghosts. Plus, I still need to take you on that date."

-Samuel Harrow.

Sixteen Souls is a brilliant debut novel from Rosie Talbot. It's thrilling, chilling, emotional, funny yet so romantic and heartwarming. And ... I was just glad that finally the selfish weirdo Caleb Gates died even though some ghosts didn't want to be free and chose to stay inside the multiloop; including Mr. Harrow who chose his project over his freedom as a soul.

Overall, Sixteen Souls is perfect. Can't wait for the sequel if Rosie plans to make the sequel and continue Charlie's journey in York; with Sam and their ghosts. Bravo, Rosie! ♥

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Transphobia

amyejones's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

A beautiful debut with loveable diverse characters and twists and turns around every page. This book will haunt me, but in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

sauvageloup's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

very good, very gripping. plot is a little complex so will be worth a reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Grief

emilysbookishlife's review

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and War