The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

4.08 AVERAGE

jmshatto21's review

3.0
adventurous hopeful lighthearted 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

rainebothunder's review against another edition

4.0
hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
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eowynshelmet's review

4.0
A nice read. I love the title. It could have moved a little faster. I'm not sure I entirely understood the time traveler's fascination with the period he chose to visit but OK.
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juliabreynolds's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous hopeful 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
I think reading it would be better than the audiobook.  Too much data and statistics for listening.

booksarah8's review

4.75
adventurous mysterious 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

witterch's review

4.5
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: No
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shebotster's review against another edition

4.0
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Young coming of age story with a sci-fi twist. Shout-out to filipinos in the future lol. 

mspreads's review against another edition

3.0
emotional hopeful reflective 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
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mellogirl's review

4.0
hopeful reflective 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: N/A
I enjoyed this sweet time travel tale set in my former home state of Delaware. (When have you read anything set in Delaware? Do people even know it’s a real place?) Michael is a fully formed character: loving and insecure and anxious, wants to take care of his mama and feels responsible for her and others in his community.

wiestli's review against another edition

3.0
hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes