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starglitters'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: Homophobia and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Violence and Grief
Minor: Racism and Death of parent
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
monniebiloney's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
"how dare you leave your tower, and freeze all the people in time when your forced to be stuck all alone without talking to anyone, with the person you love torn away from you.
Now I can't see the person I livewho has been taken away from me! You are so selfish.
Like, this is so jarring for me. Like, do you not see the parallel s in your situations?
But I'd assume this is how a normal person would interact. Normal people have trouble with empathy.
All in all, I enjoyed the book.
The villain is definitely the organization. They cause all the issues. Like, man, all of this could have been avoided if the origination just had their employees read some books out load to their clocks. Tisk-tsk-tisk.
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Medical trauma
Minor: Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Blood
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.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.jessie_h's review against another edition
4.0
I still love Danny and Cassie's friendship. I still want more Daphne. I love the sunshine/grump pairing! Colton is adorable! The clock towers and clock spirits are still mindblowingly awesome.
The mythology felt more out of place in this reread. I'm hoping more gets explained in the next book. I have so many questions about the clock spirits and towers that I hope get answered.
I ended up rereading this mostly on audiobook and the narration was excellent! It definitely upped the enjoyment factor on the story.
First read 11/28/2016- My original review for this book can be read on the Goldilox and the Three Weres blog. 5/5 Stars
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Murder, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Classism
Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, Abandonment, Colonisation, Medical trauma, and Vomit