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kelsea's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
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
4.0
Post-pandemic book that was written just before COVID. I was interested in the conceit and thought it was well-thought out, but did not personally enjoy reading what is essentially a pandemic novel (personal preference, not a fault of the book). I thought the second half of the book really dragged - too much evangelical christian bus travel and psychotic cross-country chasing when I was hoping for more details of what society was like, and finding out what happened after they escaped the US .
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Drug use
Minor: Infertility, Pregnancy, and Cancer
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