Reviews

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

aische24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

stace5000's review against another edition

4.0

I nearly gave up in chapter 2, simply because it hit the feels too hard for me. But I'm glad I stuck with it. It's a weird, complex, wonderful, and tragic book. I had to take a lot of breaks from it, which means I missed some of the connections later in the book.

__annie__'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

bluedreams's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

zlovatt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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? No

4.5

saradf7's review against another edition

Not grabbing my attention enough to continue reading, may come back to it

moosefeather's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.75

jessgoh's review against another edition

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

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.