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nikki_saulnier's review
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, War, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Violence, Death, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy, Slavery, and Terminal illness
missmali's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Violence, War, and Gore
podanotherjessi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
The characters were bland. The only character we really get to know much about outside of a vague trope is the perspective character Clay, and he barely gets anything. Half the members of the Band I honestly don't think the book would be changed by removing. We meet some more characters about halfway through that I was at least more entertained by, but they still barely were necessary. My favorite character was probably Moog, and he was basically just a walking gay stereotype.
Boy, was the plot predictable and the pacing exhausting. The book could almost be broken in sections, and each one is defined almost the whole way. There's an objective of some kind - a place they're journeying toward, a fight they're trying to win, an object they need to get - and each time it plods through them failing and failing. Eames really just beats the reader over the head with how much peril they're in and that the Band will never make it (but I never once believed they'd actually fail). And then suddenly (when I've become so bored I'm contemplating DNF'ing), they get through it - usually with some kind of deus ex - and then the story will get interesting enough for a bit to draw me back in.
The setting is really fun, and that's the extra half star above 2 this gets. I might read the second novel because I'm very hopeful about the characters it'll focus and that the story will be more original.
Graphic: Gore and Alcoholism
Moderate: Infidelity
avacadosocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Fatphobia and Domestic abuse
Minor: Gore
valjeanval's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Sexism, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, and War
chelrump's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The action is exciting and interesting, the moments engaging and don’t stay too long, but long enough to stay interesting. I also quite liked the characters, each of them unique and interesting. A few of them get lost toward the end, as it begins and ends with a focus on Clay and Gabe.
The ending lost me the most, unfortunately. It felt like a lot of the major consequences that came about during a climax were sorta hand-waved away to be fixed. It doesn’t spoil the whole journey, thankfully
Graphic: Gore and Violence
skyeuqx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Gore
marsh_mall0w's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Cannibalism, Infidelity, Addiction, and Alcoholism
Minor: Slavery
wastelandoasis's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Gore, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol and Death
vivavia's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Gore, Kidnapping, War, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury