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kers_tin's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: War and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Gun violence
kcarney86's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: War, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Colonisation, Death, Suicide, Confinement, Cancer, and Death of parent
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Child death
bookish_cat_lady's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, and Colonisation
Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, and War
There’s a lot of mentions of pandemics and illness, too.apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Confinement
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Forced institutionalization and War
thoughtsontomes's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
While I don’t tend to find the characters in this authors books to be particularly memorable, I love the themes she explores with them and the way she ties each book into her larger world in ways I don’t expect. This book felt in ways that she was pulling from her own life but not in ways that were obnoxious, but more breaking the forth wall- esque. Like we both know that we know that we know :) Also, the scifi themes in here were great especially as someone who doesn’t tend to like time travel stories - she made it work well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Pandemicsastronut's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Gun violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, and Grief
hanz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, War, and Grief
vigil's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
this novel did so much work in such a short time, i'm not sure where to begin reviewing it. with that said however, if you have any trouble with properly understanding or staying grounded in reality (paranoia, or psychosis for example), and perceived threats to your idea of reality are destabilizing to your person, do not read this book. it delves heavily into time travel, the concept of reality, circular timelines, what makes something real and what doesn't, (then as a follow up, what that means) in ways that can be triggering to anyone sensitive to that.
this could technically be considered a pandemic novel, though i find the description somewhat inaccurate, because it is too limiting. it opens with multiple perspectives across time, ones that are ostensibly disparate, leaving their only thread that ties them together is a shared unexplainable experience. that single moment serves as the jumping off point for themes of death, loneliness, reality, life, and compassion. ESJM expertly weaved this plotlines together in a way that read as natural and effortless. ESJM has a way with words that sacrifices neither poetics nor clarity and emotion. I appreciated her insights and even authorial stand in (in the form of olive) because they always felt precise and free of the contriteness that often occurs with self-inserts.
and on a personal level i adored the settings, and the time she took in showcasing how it would impact the individual character's outlooks, while establishing a strong and immersive atmosphere, especially in the time travel scenes, and chapters set in the moon colonies.
i find it difficult to truly discuss this book without spoilers so i'll close with this: the novel paints a picture that is perhaps more ominous than what truly occurs. i don't know if i could call it a happy ending, (or what that even means) but it is definitely a hopeful one, or at least content. it gives no answers and full closure; i truly cannot imagine the book ending in any other manner.
this could technically be considered a pandemic novel, though i find the description somewhat inaccurate, because it is too limiting. it opens with multiple perspectives across time, ones that are ostensibly disparate, leaving their only thread that ties them together is a shared unexplainable experience. that single moment serves as the jumping off point for themes of death, loneliness, reality, life, and compassion. ESJM expertly weaved this plotlines together in a way that read as natural and effortless. ESJM has a way with words that sacrifices neither poetics nor clarity and emotion. I appreciated her insights and even authorial stand in (in the form of olive) because they always felt precise and free of the contriteness that often occurs with self-inserts.
and on a personal level i adored the settings, and the time she took in showcasing how it would impact the individual character's outlooks, while establishing a strong and immersive atmosphere, especially in the time travel scenes, and chapters set in the moon colonies.
i find it difficult to truly discuss this book without spoilers so i'll close with this: the novel paints a picture that is perhaps more ominous than what truly occurs. i don't know if i could call it a happy ending, (or what that even means) but it is definitely a hopeful one, or at least content. it gives no answers and full closure; i truly cannot imagine the book ending in any other manner.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, War, Death, and Forced institutionalization
horizonous's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- 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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Terminal illness and Colonisation
Minor: Murder, Sexism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Vomit
◦ Death = the theme of◦ Mental illness = PTSD
◦ Terminal illness = various pandemic diseases