Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

71 reviews

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Vomit and Classism

kaitlinnoodles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Classism, Body horror, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Colonisation, Sexual content, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Torture, Abandonment, Child abuse, Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, and Drug abuse

kay_brot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Colonisation, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

kat__z8's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.75

I admit the rating only happened because I had such a high expectation for this book, and it was partly my fault. I was expecting a head-spinning romance that withstood the trial of time and multiverses (sounds so corny but I can't help it), and a plot so intricately and cleverly planned, with a twist that will take my breath away. I kept waiting for the ultimate twist, for the romance to finally take place and for the pining to be more than a few flirtatious words, but those never came.
The romance, especially—while it did have a few passages that gave me the urge to cry—wasn't explored enough until the last few chapters. Cara and Dell had been pining for 6 years, but they never actually communicate about literally anything, they never interacted much and instead Cara is off to another world "fraternizing" with people I absolutely don't care about. But the romance between Cara and Dell is sweet, if anything. It was partly my fault for expecting more romance here, because this book has more of the plot, multiverses, and characters exploration than the romance. 
The overall concept is interesting enough, but I felt that the plot meandered a bit. While it was interesting to see the characters becoming different versions of people in other universe, it was simply too distracting and a bit convoluted, plus I didn't care enough about the side characters anyway.
Overall, still a nice and fun read if you're looking for a sci-fi book with a sapphic romance as a minor subplot.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood, Classism, Death of parent, and Violence

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

---

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 against another edition

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

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

Minor: War

omarickman's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

In this sci-fi book, they have learned how to travel to other worlds in the multiverse. However, you cannot travel to another world where you already exist. So if you've died in another world you can travel there, but if you're still alive in that world you cannot go there. Our main character, Cara, can travel to almost all of the other possible worlds. This makes her an asset and allows her to work as someone who travels between all of the different worlds.

Cara is a likable main character with some noticeable flaws. These flaws feel authentic and real. It allows you to really connect with her and understand where she's coming from. Cara feels well developed and rounded out. She's also deeply intersectional, layered, and dynamic in a refreshing way. With that being said, many of the side characters felt slightly underdeveloped. While the story is from Cara's point of view, I wanted more from the side characters in terms of their relationship with Cara. Overall, I enjoyed the characterization and character growth throughout the novel.

As the story progresses it becomes obvious that this is not just a Sci-Fi novel but also a mystery, thriller, and romance as well. I personally found the blend between all of these to be perfect. I adored the explorations of race, class, religion, and power, and the social commentary on modern-day, real-word issues. I only wish that the ending hadn't felt a little flat.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence, Vomit, Death, Police brutality, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Racism, and Religious bigotry

livelaughlibrary's review

adventurous dark 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

I throughly enjoyed this book. I finished it in like a day. Sooo much fun. 

After a stream of mid-tier to bad books, it was so refreshing to find a book I loved and could fall into. Because I have my own personal beef with book tok I truly wasn't sure about this book but I think it handled everything really well. I don't want to give spoilers and it's late.

But the reason it didn't get 4.5-5 is because the ending, in my opinion felt a bit flat. I don’t know, there was something slightly off. I couldn't put my finger on it but for a first novel this is truly excellent

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Violence, and Death of parent

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.

---

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

dododenise's review against another edition

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. 

---

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