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whirl'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? No
4.0
The book has a nice pace, and just ambles through the lives of various survivors loosely connected to each other before the pandemic hits
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Ableism, Kidnapping, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts
While the book describes a post apocalyptic world which is clearly more lawless and violent, it doesn’t go into unnecessarily detailed descriptions and is more about what happens to people’s minds and personality to live in such a worldlemonflower's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Gore, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
emhunsber's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Minor: Pedophilia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Drug use, Infidelity, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Death of parent, Child death, and Alcohol
iamnita's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Lastly, the larger issues this story tackles are just beautiful. I find myself thinking back on this book often, and may do a re-read to highlight some of the beautiful passages and experience them again for their life lessons. Emily Mandel's notes after you're finished reading are just awesome.
Graphic: Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Child death, Death of parent, and Death
questingnotcoasting'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical content, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death of parent
Minor: Rape and Suicide
mondovertigo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Child death, Animal death, Violence, Suicide, Stalking, Rape, Pedophilia, and Murder
Minor: Gun violence
rebb003'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? No
5.0
Minor: Child death
emily_pns'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? It's complicated
5.0
Having been written about a pandemic before the Covid-19 pandemic, this book beautifully puts into perspective how amazing our exsistence is, how lucky many of us have been, and how to love and appreciate the small things while we have them.
The writing style is so unique and detailed, and I had this book in my hand or on my mind the entire week I spent with this book.
Graphic: Murder
Minor: Child death and Rape
angieleal15'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
3.75
Graphic: Death and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Mental illness
Minor: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape
liesbethvv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Death of parent and Religious bigotry
Minor: Rape and Child death