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kylosten's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, and Child abuse
Minor: Kidnapping, Classism, and Cursing
zoeelora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Physical abuse
maryannc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, Murder, Violence, and Racism
Minor: Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, and Abortion
introverted_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Blood, Torture, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Violence, Alcoholism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture
kate_woollams's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Child abuse
Minor: Alcohol and Blood
madbytheway's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Seriously need the sequal now because that ending was oh-my-fucking-GOD levels of ... of whatever emotion I'm feeling right now.
I'll update this review tomorrow when I've had some time to process that ending and when it's not 12am. Because wow I need to collect my thoughts.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing, Kidnapping, and Xenophobia
It's very good please read it.lady_moon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, and Drug abuse
Minor: Cursing, Kidnapping, and Racism
p_gonza2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, and Cursing
vicktorea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I really enjoyed the concept of time travel and how the main character was the "monster" / "villain" in this story. I loved the author's incorporation of their Asian Heritage; this added to the enrichment of the story and the lush writing and storytelling.
I did find that this dragged in certain areas towards the middle and I couldn't get myself back into it past a certain point and skimmed a little to get to the end. The ending was shattering and I'm intrigued to see how things will pick up in other books since this is set to be a series (and this ending felt kind of definite) but I'm not sure if I'm intrigued enough to pick up book two (yet...).
Also, this was YA and felt very YA at times (especially the romance and Joan read as very YA [but not juvenile]), but there was also swearing (like f-bombs, which didn't bother me) but felt jarring considering how YA this felt.
Overall, a decent debut! 3.5 Stars.
Thank you to HarperCollins / HCC Frenzy for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Moderate: Blood and Death
Minor: Dementia and Cursing