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readbycarina's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Blood, Cancer, Kidnapping, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking
Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, Gun violence, Misogyny, Drug use, Medical content, Trafficking, and Murder
Minor: Transphobia and Pregnancy
colleen_be's review against another edition
Did not finish due to transphobia. You have created a world, could you not also create one where transwomen are unaffected by the virus just like their cis counterparts? How about deciding that taking hormones prevents them from getting the prostate cancer that is killing cis men? Trans women were only mentioned once and it was to specifically indicate that they are killed by the virus that only kills men. It is so unnecessary.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia
syfylauren's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
So if your flaw is being male, then 100% its the main focus of this book. This story was akin to a tense dream, where you are constantly on edge, with the sense of being chased clinging to the back of every thought. It made the book hard to keep reading in the beginning, but it also made it all the more difficult to put down at the end. In my opinion, Beukes was able to pull off some of the best internal dialogue I've read in ages, weaving humour in at just the right moments, and did especially well with the morbid humour Cole develops from the events leading up to the start of the novel, or maybe that was always her sense of humour. Either way, Cole is funny, on top of every other emotion she goes through in the story. And I latched so easily into Cole's brain that Miles felt like my kid, and reading his chapters felt like I was following along as my son entered puberty, constantly feeling torn between the kid he was and the teenager he's becoming. Her sister Billie is someone you love to hate, and at times hate to love. Her f-you attitude jumped off the page. 100% entertaining, like the car chase you watch on Cops. I would probably enjoy partying with her, but would leave before the party got too out of hand, which would be entirely her fault. Would still love to hear about it the next day while we're both hungover and eating pizza.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Gun violence, and Terminal illness
Minor: Transphobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, and Confinement
samanthaleereads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence and Transphobia
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