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nicolelis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Cannibalism, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse
20readingisfun24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Grief, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Cannibalism, Murder, Child abuse, Death, and Kidnapping
Plot twistsjodar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
The novel confronts some large questions, too: right and wrong, individual consent to medical procedures vs the well-being of humanity, nature vs nurture and true identity.
The scientific elements of the story stretched credibility to the degree that to me the science functions much like magic in a fantasy novel. Likewise “the Wrath” encoded within humanity’s genetic makeup is like a rationalised original sin, though any religious sentiment is avoided and occasionally overtly discounted:
If I believed in something beyond this world, maybe I could clutch at it like a rope, but I don’t, and all I see after this life is cold, infinite darkness (MC in Chapter 25)
I found the puppy-love romance between the MC and one of the other main characters a bit nauseating, though it wasn’t belaboured too much and it did fit within the storyline.
The book is the first in a series and it has a good resolution to this part of the story arc.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Car accident
clesh01's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Body horror
Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, and Cursing
esm_359's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Cannibalism, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
boldlyno's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Cannibalism and Child death