ncurtis6's review

3.5
dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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
emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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larissamackaway's review

1.0
slow-paced

epso's review

4.0

4.5 stars

Note to self: don’t expect a book to be good just because it’s named after a Jens Lekman song
emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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myahicks's review

2.0
adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

His eyes were all of the world. I wanted to stand on the feeling they gave me, so no one could see it.

I'm not really sure how to review this book, because I'm not really sure what I just read. But in a good way. It's sort of two stories intertwined, or two versions of the same story with a lot of unreliable narration. Part post apocalyptic survival, part fairytale-esque attempt to hold onto innocence. To start with it felt like Summer's story because her voice is so sure, but I think in the end it was Winter's more than anything. I'm left with a lot of questions that will likely never be answered, but maybe that's the point? Definitely a unique story, but one that I enjoyed! I recommend leaving reality behind and just rolling with this one