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mandapandemon's review
5.0
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh….. what. What?! What was that? Freaking amazing work here. Literally didn’t want to stop reading.
Sci-fi and realistic enough to be scary as hell. That’s all I’m going to say because the twists… oh the freaking twists.
Sci-fi and realistic enough to be scary as hell. That’s all I’m going to say because the twists… oh the freaking twists.
spudnugs96's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
stephsj's review
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kiddocut's review
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
I feel like the main twist is obvious but there is more to it than a surface idea of said twist. It’s a good idea but falls flat in it’s ability to deliver. With a weak love triangle in the mix too-makes the lead and her friends kind of insufferable in a book that’s explicitly about the conflicts of POW and torture.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Gore, Violence, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, Cursing, Medical trauma, Addiction, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Body horror, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
A lot of mention of the idea of hurting animals? It’s not actually happening but the idea is there? (Plot reasons-it makes sense). Heavy mentions of political acts of violence during the Bush Administration.paulataua's review
3.0
Started off well and I had a strange sensation of having stumbled on something special, but the story suddenly slowed down and became painfully drawn out. From about a third of the way through, it became just a matter of patiently waiting to see where the story would end up. All in all, it was a potentially great idea, but the message, albeit one we would do well to heed, was just a little too simplistic.
cook_memorial_public_library's review
5.0
A 2020 staff favorite recommended by Mark. Check our catalog: https://encore.cooklib.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sbent%20heavens%20kraus__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=gold
dawnoftheread's review against another edition
4.0
I respect this book, and it’s take on horror. But like it? Woof. So hard to get through, but I had to know what was going on.