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Appreciated how it was structured episodically as a collection of short stories that follow each other chronologically. Couldn't get to the end because I just didn't feel invested. The tone of every character's inner monologue also sounded the same.

abotts27's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional slow-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

5.0

An absolutely beautiful, heart wrenching read. It’s is very emotional and heavy, but perfectly captured the emotional turmoil the pandemic has taken on society. I felt the anthology style story telling added to the number of lives that were touched by the pandemic, and wove those pieces together really well.

Definitely took me longer to read than most other books have recently due to the heaviness of the content, but I also don’t think that’s a bad thing. It allowed me to really soak in the material.

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4.0

How high we go in the dark 3.5

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

DO NOT read if pandemic stories still hit you hard, BUT incredibly well-written. I thought the anthology format would be impossible to pull-off here, and yet it really worked. I LOVED the ending. Also, several of the stories genuinely stopped me in my tracks, where I couldn't read another one after and had to take a break. Really a surprising read for me overall.

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5.0

This was a book well worth the push I needed to get through the difficult topic of child death. This was so intricately woven on both a structural level and a thematic level.
This book was heart wrenching to read, hearing of parents choosing how their child dies was not an easy thing but it was done in a delicate way that felt like humanity was earnestly trying its best. The stories felt incredibly true to the human experience and it felt real in its depiction of how far a parent would go to do what they believe is best for their child.
Difficult to read but in the most meaningful way possible, incredible book

lauramay94's review against another edition

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emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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? Yes

4.5

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