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silverhill's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and War
Minor: Death of parent, Classism, Excrement, Abandonment, and Cancer
prettiestwhistles's review
adventurous
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and War
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Medical content
Minor: Abandonment and Antisemitism
rainbowrachel's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death
clyssandre's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
As much as I love everything about the book from the premise to the characters to how well researched it is, I found it disappointing. It was her two most slow-paced books, only to kind of pick up at the 70% mark of the second book, and end rather predictably.
I think the biggest issue for me was that the pace was so slow that all the ah-ah moments or twist lost their intensity. The biggest twist isn't really developped or explained, which is a bummer because that twist kind of meant the space continuum made some choice and I would like to understand what Connie Willis imagined that was.
After reading the whole series, I think my favourite is still the Doomsday Book.
I think the biggest issue for me was that the pace was so slow that all the ah-ah moments or twist lost their intensity. The biggest twist isn't really developped or explained, which is a bummer because that twist kind of meant the space continuum made some choice and I would like to understand what Connie Willis imagined that was.
After reading the whole series, I think my favourite is still the Doomsday Book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War and Fire/Fire injury
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