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gbthemango's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Death
Moderate: Trafficking and Murder
frozenheartv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
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“Are you serious? Real life is only ever just real life. Messy. What it means depends on how you look at it. The only thing you’ve got to do is find a way to live there.” - Regine
🧠 My thoughts
I have never rated any YA book 5 stars, but here I am doing so. It’s not because YA books are not good but for me, most of them don’t hit the right spot and have annoying dialogues. This book was just a random pick but I was so glad I got to read it.
Don’t get me wrong, this book wasn’t perfect but it raised so many good questions that non-YA books can’t even do it this well. Reading this book felt like watching a movie fleshing out in front of my eyes. What is real and what is not? Are we sure that the world we are living in is perfect? If not, would we ever find another perfect world where there would be no bad things? Just like how we are trying to find another better planet to live on if Earth went down or building Metaverse to escape the harsh and sad reality? It was very heartbreaking to read about all of the trauma that the characters have to go through while being so young. Was that the reason why they sound more mature than they should be?
The storyline was pretty strong for a sci-fi book that was meant to confuse the audience. Most of the things were “kind of explained” at the end.
For being such a great book, it still has drawbacks of course. The pace of the part 1 was sometimes really slow for me. I understood the author’s idea but I thought it would still be great if it was cut in half. Part 2 pacing was really good but part 3 was again a bit slower than I expected.
👍 What I like
- Strong storyline
- Deeply meaningful conversations and philosophies
- World-building is very trustable
- Sci-fi parts were creative
👎 What I don't like
- Can be very slow in some parts
- I wish that the sci-fi parts could be delved deeper into
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse
Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Deportation
Minor: Homophobia and Abandonment
guacomoli0809'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts
leopoldtf'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
4.25
Graphic: Kidnapping, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Outing, and Homophobia
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
peggy_racham's review against another edition
4.75
Hard to write a review of such a character oriented book. No surprise that I loved this book. Patrick Ness has a way of pulling you into the story every time. All the snipets of the past were so good even when it broke my heart. Love it
Graphic: Murder, Outing, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Blood, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, Death, and Medical content
flissjoy33's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Suicide, Homophobia, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, and Violence
vidyasargeant's review against another edition
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Kidnapping, and Vomit
dani_2006's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Trafficking, Murder, Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Vomit
izzle17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt and Death
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Kidnapping
matthewreece's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Outing, Self harm, Confinement, Grief, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence