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maregred's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Blood, Murder, Death, and Violence
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation
phoenixlovesbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death, Blood, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent
nerdyforbooks_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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? No
4.75
YA really isn’t my favorite genre, nor does it always manage to keep me totally engaged. After getting past a somewhat slow paced start - I constantly found myself wanting to know ok what next.
This book is definitely more sci-fi than fantasy. It also has some weird pacing issues at time & super long chapters (nothing that super bothered me). I can understand the issue most critics have with this book as well - they do exist & they could be problems for some people. However, a lot of them didn’t bother me. Maybe it was the writing, maybe it was getting invested in the FMC, or maybe it was just wanting to know what the twist was (I mean c’mon - you just know starting this book there’s something that’s gonna happen). This was an enjoyable read with an interesting story.
Are you left in the dark quite a bit? Yes. Is there insta-love that kinda makes no dang sense? Yes. This is definitely one of those books that will either make you love it or hate it.
This book is definitely more sci-fi than fantasy. It also has some weird pacing issues at time & super long chapters (nothing that super bothered me). I can understand the issue most critics have with this book as well - they do exist & they could be problems for some people. However, a lot of them didn’t bother me. Maybe it was the writing, maybe it was getting invested in the FMC, or maybe it was just wanting to know what the twist was (I mean c’mon - you just know starting this book there’s something that’s gonna happen). This was an enjoyable read with an interesting story.
Are you left in the dark quite a bit? Yes. Is there insta-love that kinda makes no dang sense? Yes. This is definitely one of those books that will either make you love it or hate it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death
youarethelibrarian's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I wanted to love this one. The cover is gorgeous, and so is the naked hardcover and chapter headers, and I loved two of Ernshaw’s other books. But this one didn’t work for me, probably because I’m not a fan of long-journey books, and the Insta-love was really annoying. The main character’s reactions to things didn’t make sense, because her relationship with the boy was barely developed. I did like the portrayal of grief, though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
sydn3ycx's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-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? Yes
2.5
Good idea, poor execution.
This book could’ve been a hundred pages shorter. There was so much filler and there were a good four pages where characters had the NPC dialogue variations of “they’re going to find us!” “they won’t stop looking!” which I know the first time it was mentioned. The author also overexplains passed events. “That’s why _____ said _____________—“ which I could’ve put together as that event happened ten pages ago. Also a very forced romantic subplot.
This book could’ve been a hundred pages shorter. There was so much filler and there were a good four pages where characters had the NPC dialogue variations of “they’re going to find us!” “they won’t stop looking!” which I know the first time it was mentioned. The author also overexplains passed events. “That’s why _____ said _____________—“ which I could’ve put together as that event happened ten pages ago. Also a very forced romantic subplot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Misogyny, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
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