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honkmoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, War, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Torture
dorleness's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death, Murder, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Torture
safety_pin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Trafficking, Bullying, Emotional abuse, War, Slavery, Violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Colonisation and Cursing
Minor: Vomit
anjasfairylights's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Abandonment, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
cosmicnova's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death, and Confinement
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse
emilyh44'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and War
Minor: Abandonment
filipa_maia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The story is so interesting, so different from the fantasy that I usually read, it had so much potential... for me, the writing ruined it. I understand that we are inside the mind of a girl who is being held prisoner because of her powers (and I really enjoy all the phrases that are crossed - those things that are only in her brain and she never says them out loud), but there are other things that bothered me a lot: the repetitions - I know that she keeps repeating things to herself, but you don't need to write them over and over again (we get it); the numbers - what the hell! I think this is the first time that I read a book in which the number are not written in full (I know that this is just a technicality, and as no interference in the story, but I don't like it).
Overall I think that, this could be such a better book if the story was written in a different way. Somehow, I don't understand Warner's obsession with Juliette (it makes no sense - he wants to use her as a weapon and at the same time wants her... so why did he kept her locked up, almost dying for so long?); I, definitely, don't trust Adam - he has the same amount of obsession for Juliette, but because he's hot, that's ok). Other thing I did not get is the "end of the world" plot twist: we are lead to believe that this is sort of a "mid-apocalyptic" scenario and, apparently, is all a big government conspiracy?
Well, I'm going to read the second book, hoping it will clear some of my doubts and I start liking this story a bit much. We'll see!
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Torture and Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent
samflowerv6's review against another edition
3.75
“I spent my life folded between the pages of books.
In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”
“You're absolutely delicious when you're angry."
"Too bad my taste is poisonous for your palate.”
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, and Violence
Moderate: Child death
ruthiedr89'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Child abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
hiraeth_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship