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lanid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia
Minor: Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, and Drug use
mirandaleighhhh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
That being said…it took me a long time to get through this, and I was surprised at how little we got of Jacinda’s story, and how little we got to know about the future (but hey, maybe that’s the point?).
I think I was a little bored reading so much about the thinkings and doings of rich men. I loved reading about Everrett though, and Temple was fantastic as well.
“though formal research has surely been done, somewhere, scientists are no longer sharing freely sharing their findings since the rise of environmental nationalism and the end of the free internet” horrifying horrifying so close to reality
“perhaps goddess, monster, mother, and guardian forged into one impossible figure”
“wood is time captured. A map. A cellular memory, a record.”
“the world has been on the brink of ending before. the dust has always been waiting to swallow us. people have always struggled and suffered. your poverty is not shameful. It is not a failure of your character. life, by its very nature, is precarious. and your struggles are never for nothing.”
“now every time the wind blows through its blossoms I see you in the shimmer…I do not want you because you are mine. I want you because I am yours”
Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, and Death of parent
wordsmithreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Wood is time captured. A map. A cellular memory. A record. This is why, Liam believes, carpenters like himself will never go out of business. Because people will always keep wood close: in our houses and on our floors, ceilings, and walls; in our trusted canes and our finest musical instruments; in our heirloom tables and old rocking chairs; and, most tellingly, in the very capsules that ease our journey into the ground. When carpenters call a piece of wood clear, they mean it is free of knots and wanes and blemishes. And during his many years of fussing over wood, cutting it to exact lengths and lovingly fitting it together just right, all before buffing it to a soul-warming shine, Liam Greenwood has often thought that people like clear wood best because they need to see time stacked together. Years pressed against years, all orderly and clean. Free from obstruction or blemish. The way our own lives never are.
Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Classism, Violence, Drug use, Colonisation, and Kidnapping
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Cancer, and Miscarriage
hannxm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Abandonment, Drug use, Addiction, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Death, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Alcohol
Minor: War, Cancer, Terminal illness, Outing, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death
lilrainbow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, War, and Drug use
robotfanclub's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse
Minor: War, Alcoholism, and Death
mandi_lea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, War, Addiction, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Terminal illness, Blood, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
cday13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The future Christie developed seems like it could be very realistic (almost too realistic). His commentaries on climate change, deforestation, and societal disinterest is timely, although did feel a little preachy at times.
I was never bored while reading. Although I found the "mystery" to be very obvious, I still enjoyed the pacing of its rollout. The ending is depressing (with a tiny sliver of hope), and left me with an increased sense of urgency to ensure that future does not come to pass.
I was able to connect to each of the characters in different ways. They were all fully fleshed out and their motivations, strengths, and weaknesses were believable and realistic.
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction
Minor: War and Homophobia
runesicle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Drug use, War, Violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness
Minor: Vomit
hamstringy'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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Colonisation
Moderate: Classism, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent