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seawarrior's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Confinement
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Pregnancy
cc_shelflove's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Blood and Car accident
cryfest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content
rorikae's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
As a pandemic rages throughout the world, Neffy arrives at an undisclosed hospital in central London to undergo a vaccine trial. When the virus mutates while Neffy is sick and recovering from receiving the vaccine, she wakes up to a dystopia where she and a few of the other trial volunteers are the only ones left in the building. The world outside is in turmoil and their group has decided to stay indoors so as not to risk catching the virus. As the only person who received the vaccine, Neffy is the only one who has the potential to go outside to get more food but she is stuck in her past and scared of the world outside.
Claire Fuller always does an exceptional job at creating lived in characters. It's one of the reasons I come back to her books again and again. This works particularly well in an isolated setting where there are only so many characters interacting with one another. This book was a little hard to read given the pandemic aspects but definitely worth it. I really appreciated the speculative element in the story that allows Neffy to travel back through her memories. This, plus the mysterious H that Neffy is writing letters to throughout the story, added a sense of the wider world that we don't get from the isolated setting. Another exceptional character study. Claire Fuller does not disappoint.
Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Sexual content and Sexual violence
darkndfoxes's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Death
Minor: Animal cruelty
kirstym25's review
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, and Death
jennikreads's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Addiction, Terminal illness, and Sexual violence
ruthjenkins's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Violence
lianne_rooney'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
lindsaylhunter'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
2.5
Graphic: Death