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thatsssorachael's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, and Child death
Moderate: Kidnapping and Gore
Minor: Animal cruelty
enyltiak's review against another edition
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Racism, Death, Genocide, and Violence
leahjanespeare's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, and Genocide
Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape
lzaz87's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Racism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexual violence
ladykatka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, Racism, and Violence
rachelfayreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, Racism, Kidnapping, Genocide, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Rape, and Murder
thebookkeepers's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
LGBTQ+ rep: M/M romance for side characters
Graphic: Genocide, Death, and Racism
Moderate: Rape, Child death, Animal death, and Sexual assault
lpdx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Torture, Trafficking, Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Medical trauma, and Hate crime
Moderate: Confinement and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Drug use and Cannibalism
srjennings's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Overall a great story and I'm looking forward to reading the sequel!
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Racism, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Mental illness
alyssabookrecs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
I believe that this book is not meant to have a fully closed conclusion. The arc of the book does not operate like the arc of other YA dystopian/post-apocalyptic books. Instead, we are witness to the lives of Indigenous youth, new adults, and Elders on the run, as we learn their coming to stories, who they meet along the way, and the loss not only in the moment but also in the years being on the run.
I questioned French being the narrator, but ultimately he proved that not all of narration needs to be “do do do”: it is also learning, observing, synthesizing, building trust.
I bawled like a baby at the end. It was really lovely, the last few chapters.
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Trafficking, War, Genocide, and Racism