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We Are the Ants

Shaun David Hutchinson

4.08 AVERAGE

agcldwllreads's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Similar theme to Let's Call it a Doomsday, but it was a fun, easy read.

kait20's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Enjoyable book, lots of teen angst but otherwise good message and exploration of grief

gsarahthelibrarian's review against another edition

3.0

I didn't feel the love for this one as much as my colleagues did. I give it 5 stars for breaking some boundaries with LGBTQ YA lit (yay romantic love!), but I didn't feel that I was reading something genuine. Maybe it was the supernatural elements added in? Because I did feel like they were added in after the realistic parts of the book were written. I found myself skimming the science parts, and I just didn't understand how no other students/teachers/adults came to Henry's aid. Maybe I live in a lala land, but in schools around here, LGBTQ kids still have a group of kids to hang out with. It's so much different in 2016 compared with 2006. I don't understand why more kids don't help Henry at school, and I REALLY don't understand why the teachers don't do more about the bullying.

mosuna1600's review against another edition

1.0

I’m sorry, but I don’t understand how anyone can think this book is good. The author takes on WAY too many issues, and does not even do them well. Family drama, dementia, infant loss, suicide, drug and alcohol use, depression, bullying...the list goes on and on. Not one moment of the book feels real, and is mostly Henry whining about his life. Reading this was a huge waste of time.

arixnamarie's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-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

jordandvdsn7's review

5.0

This book caught me totally by surprise. I picked it up because it was cheap on Kindle approximately 5 million years ago, then promptly forgot about it until this week when I started reading it on a whim. It took a bit for me to get into it, because science fiction is not my cup of tea and I wasn’t sure just how sci fi-y this was going to get. (As it turns out, not very, so if you’re like me and not a fan of that genre, don’t let that put you off.) The tragedy and heartache in this book is detailed with knifelike precision, and each character feels wholly (and, in the case of the more unsavory characters, disturbingly) real. Even the ending, which is a type of ending that would normally piss me off, felt perfect and fitting here.