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colorcrystals'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
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death
Minor: Homophobia
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Death, Homophobia, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Sexual content
hue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Violence
he_who_kins_minyard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual content
zoeelora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Death, Bullying, Self harm, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Violence
trippalli'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
4.0
Minor: Death
jenarae's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Self harm, Death, Murder, Alcohol, and Grief
Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Colonisation, and Homophobia
bluejayreads's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Homophobia
Note on Death of Parent: The protagonist's father is not dead, but he is trapped in a town where time is stopped. There is no known way to rescue him, so the protagonist and his mother are dealing with the grief of losing him even though he is not technically dead.wirt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Self harm, and Sexism
Minor: Car accident, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Violence
booksthatburn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The characterization and worldbuilding are great, I like the ways it implies that the world is different from ours without the characters saying it outright (because of course they don’t have ours as a point of comparison. The particulars of the MCs position are more explained because the story really needs that, but things like “what would the existence of the clocktowers change about reality” are mainly implied. The blend of these is nice, I liked trying to puzzle out some of the changes but if you don’t want to devote that energy to scrutinizing the background details the story will still make sense.
The romance is sweet, I especially like the moments when the MC figures out that something is playing out differently than he might expect because of who and what the love interest is. I love a good interstitial between chapters and the ones here were great, building up the shape of the world in ways that complemented the main story. There also were some heisty elements, and a fantastic sequence with time manipulation which was one of my favorite scenes in the whole book.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Homophobia, and Sexism
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent
CW for panic attacks, sexism, homophobia, blood, violence, explosions, parental death (not depicted), major character death, death.