Reviews - Yours for the Taking

978 reviews for:

Yours for the Taking

Gabrielle Korn

3.74 AVERAGE

kristinageydo's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

leen_mcbean's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Yes

glazedcam's review against another edition

2.0

medium-paced

This could have been so interesting it’s such a good concept but instead it’s a poorly written shallow examination of white 3rd wave feminism with little to say

flightywren's review against another edition

4.25

dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved the premise and execution of this story. The writing was good. There were a few spots where I had to suspend my disbelief, but overall I really enjoyed this book.

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hannahlisalohr's review

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katiebean's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chloeanise's review against another edition

2.0

my friend adored this book so i was so so excited to read it

this review is going to be so subjective so take it w a grain of salt but i did not fuck with this book whatsoever. i felt like the writing was flat and the the depiction of mental health bothered me immensely. it was an engaging read, but i just didn’t like how it was written and i felt like it could’ve been so much more well-rounded, instead of just dropping in plot points and moving on. also the time jumps did not match the development of the characters imo.

steviesnatches's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

gxbi's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

exactly type of a book i wish i could write. the plot takes place over about 30 years, spanning multiple lifetimes of (queer) women living in post apocalyptic closed off society, after the climate change became too unbearable for living outside.
what i found missing from the blurb was a mention that the novel offers a fascinating analysis of need for control, gender-essentialism and (cis)female-superiority, all happening in surveillance panopticon of a feminist dystopia. truly unique imagining of the future.

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scarylavender's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

excellent on all levels, I've recommended it to everyone I can

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