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The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

124 reviews

dooziekins's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, War, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

emzhay's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

Minor: War

mandkips's review

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug abuse, Child death, and Addiction

hngisreading's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, and Miscarriage

unsuccessfulbookclub's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Murder, Classism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content

ronjaorsomething's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book so much. The characters were very diverse in so many ways (race, sexuality, religion and class being the main ones). And the book managed to bring up societal issues in a really good way. I also liked the plot twists and how genuinely unpredictable the whole book was.

AND THE ENDING OMG it was perfect. The way it was very much a happy ending but not at all the way you'd expect. I was so happy that Cara ended up with Dell but still worked in Ash.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, War, Suicide, and Addiction

manicpixl's review

challenging emotional tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and War

dododenise's review

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Awesome book, with great ideas, brilliant world-building and thrilling plot. 
I only wished for more Dell and had hoped to see her more, as i thought she was a great character with a glorious relationship to Cara. But there were also so many other fascinating characters that made the story so rich.
In the end, the world-building is what made this story so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Drug abuse

justliketitanium's review

5.0

I devoured The Space Between Worlds in less than a week (which is impressive for me), and absolutely loved it!

This is a story about travel between parallel universes, class stratification, empire (both in the corporate sense and the more traditional), family, identity, morality, death, and the struggle to survive. The protagonist is a queer woman of colour. It is a masterfully executed debut novel, and I cannot wait to read whatever Micaiah Johnson publishes next.

CW for abusive relationships (I can’t recall any sexual assault but there may be some implied).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

locpressedbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Classism and Grief