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melodyseestrees's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
If you know the movie Groundhog Day (1993) you will be familiar with the order of some events within this book. It is particularly easy to lose your place during the audiobook and then be confused until the events start to wrap up. There are some really poignant moments between characters, especially towards the end of the book. It may be easy to predict how certain characters are connected together throughout the events of the story, and the 'villain' is also very apparent well before the big reveal.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Bo has a scene where there is a stick stuck in his hand and his wrist is also broken. Brandon and his boss have a toxic faux friendship where drug use is common. Blue and his family have a history of verbal aggression, if not abuse, and he struggles to maintain/fix his connection to his family- there is a tense Christmas Dinner scene. Blue is nonverbal but this is "fixed" with some sort of implant in his neck.alienguy's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Blood, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism and Toxic friendship
birdiestitching's review against another edition
Not my thing. Jumps to a different character each chapter with nothing really to connect them and it feels jarring.
Content Warnings
Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
booksthatburn's review against another edition
I like the way the narrative is layered, and the commentary on the role of media in the formation of identity, especially when that media was not ideal representation, all of that was very interesting, and is part of why I kept reading for as long as I did. but either most of what’s in the description for the book doesn’t come in to play until the second half, or I’m missing something huge in the story. I’m not sure which, and I’m ultimately ended up not finishing it. I think this is the first DNF that I might want to revisit later when I’m in a better headspace, that time just isn’t right now.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent
anxiousnachos's review
4.5
4.5 stars. I do so love books that play with structure. This was very very cool!! This is a topsy-turvy scifi time-travel literary thriller (though heavier on the more experimental, literary side of things). It follows the story of three people: a child whose mother just died, a man who was just made redundant, and a man giving a tell-all TV interview about a tech company; interspersed with a snippets of an 80s noir TV show. It’s queer and explores Asian American identity and has such a brilliant depiction of the way grief and trauma haunt your entire life that made my currently very tender heart absolutely crumple. It’s a very difficult book to summarise and it’s absolutely one of those books you should go in knowing as little about the plot as possible, so if a queer, Asian, sci-fi literary thriller sounds like your thing, definitely check this out!!
Content warnings: death of a parent, grief, mild blood/injury detail, dementia, sexual content, drug and alcohol use
Content warnings: death of a parent, grief, mild blood/injury detail, dementia, sexual content, drug and alcohol use
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Dementia
Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail