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1quillb's review
tense
slow-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
2.5
This book has a really good idea attached to it, but was executed very poorly. The editing needs some work—at one point Marco is referred to as Jamal by the narrator, and there’s a couple strange spellings of words—and the whole idea isn’t very believable. If a giant impenetrable dome surrounded a city and martial law went into affect, things like clubs and hotels wouldn’t still be open. That’s just not realistic. It would be like the Purge, not a regular Tuesday. I appreciate what Jackson was trying to do, it just wasn’t written in a way that made sense.
Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Violence, Classism, and Blood
Minor: Classism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Cursing, Death, and Gun violence
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