Reviews

We Are the Crisis: A Novel by Cadwell Turnbull

twistmalchik's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

wordsareworlds's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book feels very much the middle of a trilogy, and while I still enjoyed it a lot, it's so hard to review because I think my opinion of it will hinge on what happens in book 3. Overall, it's a darker story than No Gods, No Monsters, and I had to remind myself multiple times of something Turnbull said on his blog - the protagonist is the community, and it is on a hero's journey. And this ends on quite the cliffhanger, so reader be warned there.

I'm definitely going to reread No Gods, No Monsters and this before book 3 comes out, and am very, very excited to have the whole trilogy.

asmrbookishnesserin's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

5.0

agreco92's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

meetyouineveryplace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

ronpayne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

The sequel to No Gods, No Monsters, in a contemporary fantasy series steeped in crisscrossing conspiracies. I really love the way this series uses fantasy tropes alongside real world issues to shed light on them, and I especially appreciate the way it does that from a very leftist perspective without it ever feeling preachy. But most of all I really love the characters, especially Ridley and Dragon, and I really look forward to following them further.

moralesm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

jennundersea's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.25

riley_rose's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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

3.0

dreaming_ace's review against another edition

4.0

For me personally this was better than "No Gods No Monsters" but still felt to me more like an introduction to a story than an actual story or maybe like an extended outline of a story.

There were tons of moving pieces in this novel including several academic feeling explanations around social issues and collectives but I did not feel like there was much in terms of plot. I think personally I would have enjoyed this story better if instead of the current structure each storyline was a separate book within a multiverse. So if it was more like Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One instead of feeling like jumping into the middle of Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four without knowing any of the characters before hand or why I should care about any of the characters.

There are also so many characters I struggled to remember who any of them were and so it was a challenge for me to care about the characters, not because they were not interesting characters but because just at the point I started to have enough scaffolding to understand their story it moved on to different characters and I forgot who the first group was. And this is after being introduced to them in "No Gods No Monsters" that I read like a week ago, I am pretty sure if there is a continuation of this saga I am not going to read it because I won't remember any of the limited amount of plot or any of the characters.