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alexiswiththefreckles's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia
unintentionallyasymmetric's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Considering I picked this up with no prior knowledge of the book, I enjoyed it immensely! The premise is interesting and the story lives up to the potential. I enjoyed the mechanics of traversing, and the growth of the protagonist, Cara. I thought Ashtown was better fleshed out than Wiley City, but I still wanted to know more about both locations. The plot felt mature without ever becoming overly violent or erotic. I would read more by Micaiah Johnson.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Child death
corinnereads7's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Murder
aardwyrm's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The structure and plot progression in this one go some fascinating places, and yet it builds fairly smoothly to a complete, effective whole. The worldbuilding and most of the character work are painful and elaborate (though Cara's relationship with Dell is a tad bit underwritten) and the plot is well executed as much as interesting, which is impressive with all the layers of conspiracy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Child death
seanml's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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? No
4.75
One of the best books I’ve read this year, great representation and even greater storytelling that always plays with your expectations. 9.5/10.
Highlights: The casually dropped but super cool worldbuilding, Nik Nik, and of course Caralee in general.
Recommended for: Fans of time travel/multiversal stories, and anyone looking for LGBTQ+ representation but without it being a focal point of the book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Domestic abuse
Minor: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder
calaqua's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Gun violence
bookishcori's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
blakethebookeater's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is perfect. It took a second for me to adjust to the worldbuilding, but once I did holy crap it just FLOWED. Cara is a traverser, which means she travels to other parallel Earths to collect data for the Eldridge company. She’s valuable because of her hard life, many of her other selves have died (and you can’t travel to other worlds where you exist).
The dichotomy in this book was RIDICULOUSLY well-written. We have the people of Ashtown (where Cara is from) who live in poverty and are looked down upon as savages by the citizens of the walled neighboring city of Wiley. The classism of this book is so poignant, and seeing Cara trying to weave her way between these two worlds was just as important and interesting as seeing her actually travel to different worlds.
I don’t want to give away much about the plot because of how shook it made me, but if you’re looking for extremely well-written and well-plotted sapphic sci-fi that will make you think long after closing the cover, than this one’s for you.
5/5 stars
The dichotomy in this book was RIDICULOUSLY well-written. We have the people of Ashtown (where Cara is from) who live in poverty and are looked down upon as savages by the citizens of the walled neighboring city of Wiley. The classism of this book is so poignant, and seeing Cara trying to weave her way between these two worlds was just as important and interesting as seeing her actually travel to different worlds.
I don’t want to give away much about the plot because of how shook it made me, but if you’re looking for extremely well-written and well-plotted sapphic sci-fi that will make you think long after closing the cover, than this one’s for you.
5/5 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Racism, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Drug use
rainbowshelves's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Addiction
thechiaraface's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
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
This is science-fiction novel where we follow Cara, who is a traverser – or a person who can travel between worlds (at least using her companies technology). In this story and this particular world, the technolgy to travel the multi-verse is real, BUT you can't visit another world where your counterpart (or dop) is still alive. Cara makes an excellent traverser because she is dead on so many other worlds. This follows Cara's story as she delves deeper into traversing and finds herself in some sticky situations after one of her few dops left dies mysteriously.
This book was not what I expected but I really liked it. I think if you aren't a big sci-fi person you could still get into this book as it's not too science-y and not too 'out there' (the world in this book is pretty similar to our own, just a little more futuristic). This book explores the class, wealth, and privilege in an interesting way. Cara is good traverser because 'she' dies so frequently, but why is that? - because she is poor and her mother is/was a drug addict. And so many of the other traversers have just as unfortunate stories. The premise itself leads to interesting commentary and musings, and the direction the story ended up going led to even more interesting conversations. I really liked this book, and in particular how many times it surprised me. There were some parts that I found predictable, but I really loved the handful of BIG moments that took me by surprise. The pacing in this was a little off at times in my opinion, part 2 was too long, and in the the last part some things wrapped up too fast. But overall, I really liked this and think it balanced plot, character development, and commentary really well.
This book was not what I expected but I really liked it. I think if you aren't a big sci-fi person you could still get into this book as it's not too science-y and not too 'out there' (the world in this book is pretty similar to our own, just a little more futuristic). This book explores the class, wealth, and privilege in an interesting way. Cara is good traverser because 'she' dies so frequently, but why is that? - because she is poor and her mother is/was a drug addict. And so many of the other traversers have just as unfortunate stories. The premise itself leads to interesting commentary and musings, and the direction the story ended up going led to even more interesting conversations. I really liked this book, and in particular how many times it surprised me. There were some parts that I found predictable, but I really loved the handful of BIG moments that took me by surprise. The pacing in this was a little off at times in my opinion, part 2 was too long, and in the the last part some things wrapped up too fast. But overall, I really liked this and think it balanced plot, character development, and commentary really well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence