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i was really excited by the prospect of a sci-fi book featuring indigenous characters, but the first half of the book was more character focused and the plot did not pick up until about half way through.

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12_21's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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kelseylian's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

As a “southerner” I have been lucky enough to spend some time in northern arctic ice-bound communities. Even though I was there to teach, it was so so clear how little true knowledge I had - truly helpless without the systems of “the south”. This book was fantastic. Surviving up north is about community, humility, thinking ahead, sharing what you have and really respecting the knowledge of those that came before you. Generational thinking over greed. I loved it and hope everyone learns these lessons someday.

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thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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silodear's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

I enjoyed reading this book. It felt a bit slow and I appreciated the ways it zoomed out of violence and zoomed into apocalypse daily life minutiae. (Not to say it isn’t violent. It definitely is. Just not as explicit in it descriptions as other books, which I appreciate.) I liked it enough to want to read the sequel.

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theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

This is a very different take on your typical post-apocalyptic story. It's a slow burn, and if you're looking for a lot of detail on the actual apocalyptic events, you won't find them in this novel. What you will find is a gripping character study with an undercurrent of intense tension simmering beneath the events. The main group of characters are engaging, enough so that I felt Evan's emotions as I was reading. My only small complaint is that there are a LOT of minor characters that only come up once or twice and I had some trouble keeping them straight and remembering who they were tied to in the main cast, whether they'd been mentioned before, etc. Otherwise though, this novel captured me and I can't wait to read the sequel!

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blacksphinx's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense slow-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

3.0

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erkietheturkey's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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