Reviews

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor

kapickav's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

fernanda_o's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child abuse

smislada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

annathompson1010's review

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

ambipure's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

hanbince's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

rcola's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

kelsie_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

This book had the potential to be so great and creative, and instead excused and dismissed sexual assault and engaged in some heavy victim blaming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Attempted sexual assault, victim blaming

odin45mp's review against another edition

3.0

This was a fun time travel tale that paid off for me. Light reading, fast, fun, and while it hit some serious beats, didn't take itself too seriously. I enjoyed it and will check out other books in the series if I see them on the shelf.

godofbigfoots's review against another edition

3.0

It's not a particularly subtle book. The characters tend to shout their emotions with no real nuance or lead up, and the fates of most characters are telegraphed way further ahead than I would like. The descriptions are barebones, which is a writing style that gets you through setpieces quickly but not one I'm too crazy about. I want to know where I am and who I'm talking to, and instead I find myself going cross-eyed at all the names with no description attached. Sometimes there's a callback or an important detail that comes up about a character that we're supposed to go "!!!!" about and instead.... I have no bloody clue who that person is. Mrs Partridge? I don't know her. Sure hope she's not important!

However, the main character is the type of female MC I'm usually ravenous for and I liked her enough. This seems like a small thing, but you spend every waking moment with this character and I gave the book four stars, so that's a big point in its favor.

I also love dinosaurs.

All in all, if I find the next book in the series available quickly from my library, I'll probably read it, but I'm not likely to put myself on any long waiting lists or spend any money on them.