Reviews

Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón

ranjanireviewsreads's review against another edition

Not in the correct space for this, i keep zoning out. Might come back to it later

christinefitz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts

spines_with_steph's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

gnarlysundries's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

solly's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 stars

Not entirely sure how I feel about this one. I really liked some of the worlbuilding, characters and story, but at the same time the ending felt rushed to me, as did some of the relationships. There were a lot of characters and relatively short page count and I kind of wanted more development from a lot of the relationships in this book. But I had a good time overall, very interesting take on gender, great characters, interesting themes and story. I just wanted it to be a bit more developed in places.

stardustrohrig's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

This was a really interesting and complex book with great characters. I really liked how everything developed and the way the characters ended up working together. I enjoyed the complicated ending and the fact that it ends with hope for a better future. The world building was interesting though I did feel like things could have been explained in a bit more detail. However that may have been intentional since a lot of information had been lost and what was left was very personal, including cultural stories that aren’t for outsiders. That said I really enjoyed the oral story telling aspect of the book and the various stories that were told throughout. I also liked the gender and disability representation in the book as well and the way both aspects just existed as part of the story. 

The book does get fairly graphic in places both with regard to the violence the characters experience and the bleakness of the dystopian future. There are also a couple sex scenes near the end of the book that are somewhat graphic as well. 

forget_full's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

cats33's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

I really wanted to like this book. I didn’t get a good sense of the world, so never was able to be fully engrossed and onboard with the fantasy elements. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, and Colonisation

mercurial_rosie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

poppybecs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

This is SUCH a complex and beautiful sci fi indigiqueer/2spirit story. I loved the representation of so many identities, of characters who sign, and of family that extends beyond blood.