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lauwbinx'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: Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Homophobia, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Murder, Death of parent, Suicide, Child death, Vomit, and Violence
speterson47's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
lavenderprince01'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
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia
katebella's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Death of parent, Death, and Grief
Minor: Child death
tanouska's review against another edition
5.0
It's a YA book, but doesn't feel all that YA, probably due to the serious setting.
Graphic: Violence and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Gun violence and Murder
phosphenes's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, and Violence
Moderate: Gore, Cursing, Hate crime, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood
Minor: Racism, Sexism, Ableism, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts
teslis's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
It was a bit slow in the beginning and I didn’t get that far in it before putting it down. So I wasn’t super interested in the beginning.
But, as I was reading I got so hooked, I read like 2/3 of the book in like 36 hours (including sleeping and working). I was stuck, but there were some parts that I didn’t enjoy that much or feel weird about.
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Slavery, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
rubi_blue6's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Romance novels? Not usually for me. But what I think this book succeeded in was making it not about some elusive once in a lifetime love; the core romance felt authentic. And then there's the familal love, the friendships, love for media and the world that's left behind
The author didn't shy away from the ugliness that's inevitably left in the post-apocalyptic world.
It reads like a video game, with the small side-quests, goals and moments of brief encounters or observations
I picked this up in a charity shop because I love the genre; I wasn't expecting anything groundbreaking but I got an sad, lovely narrative that was tense and a little dark
Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence
Minor: Homophobia and Child death
madmadmaddymad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The only part I actually had a good time with was the budding romance between Jamie and Andrew. Except for one thing. I know sexuality can be a fluid thing - but I really don’t enjoy books where a character is stated to be straight and then suddenly is doing some really homosexual stuff. I find it really uncomfy. I would have preferred it if Jaimie just admitted he was bi.
The romance was sweet, though.
Also - I’m so glad they helped Cara. A place like the Fort Caroline sounds like my actual nightmare, and I wanted them to go back and save all the women there, who were probably being used for broodmares and kept against their will. That plot was actually horrific. I know they had to leave - but they should have told the other settlement at the end that there was a fucked up settlement to the north, and some of the things that were happening there. I’m glad Cara got out, but I’m sure there were so many others in that place who regret coming to live there, just like she did.
Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Homophobia and Violence
anna_maria_wirth's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, and Blood
Minor: Vomit and Racism