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I quite liked this book even though it had me thinking about death and the afterlife and came close to triggering some existential fears I have.

I think Toltz is a great writer and I loved "Fraction of the Whole" and I was always hoping to get back to reading something else by him and I was glad when this came out at the perfect time for me.

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5.0

Amazing characters, fun plot, interesting premise/setting, and lots to say and think about, all wrapped up in a perfect little bow of dark humor. In other words, the perfect book.

tamfife's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

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4.0

4.5 stars

I LITERALLY JUST WROTE A 4 PARAGRAPH REVIEW ON THIS APP AND IT RANDOMLY CLOSED OUT BEFORE I COULD POST IT. so shorter review i guess :(

loved loved loved this book. toltz’ writing was beautiful and i found a lot of it very insightful and relatable, especially regarding parts pertaining to faith and the afterlife. this novel had a slight dystopian aspect to it which was unexpected and very amazing. gracie is my favorite character and she did not deserve her fate.

the main thing keeping this book from being a 5 star read was the part in between the climax and the end. it felt very underdeveloped and generally weaker than the rest of the novel. the climax was insane and very harrowing, the ending was brilliant and i loved it (i genuinely did not expect it to end that way, plus the slight title tie in gave me chills), but the part in between fell flat.

shout out to katy for buddy reading this with me!!!

wegmarken2006's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A

4.25

catforister's review against another edition

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2.0

(2.5)
Blech. Way too heavy on the male gaze. No thank you

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