985 reviews for:

Yours for the Taking

Gabrielle Korn

3.74 AVERAGE

alirice's review against another edition

2.0

medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emilysheaowen's review against another edition

4.0

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Pleasantly surprised by this one. I fell in love with the characters, especially Olympia. There were some plot points that I wish were explored more, so it’s not a perfect five-star for me. A great read, nonetheless.

herekittencat's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

yikesdude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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

bsully's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Story is interesting and the pace is good. The ending felt abrupt and somewhat incongruent with the rest of the book.

shadylane00's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging reflective 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

jaguarshark's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Death of parent

roleynicoley's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging tense 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: No

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I really enjoyed this book. It was a little heavy handed with its message and theme but I loved the characters and I loved the concept. I fell in love with the story and the world. Great dystopian sci-fi

kelly93's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

drsassitude's review against another edition

5.0

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I am teaching a class on feminist speculative fiction this year, and I’ve been lucky enough to be immersed in a lot of fictional utopias and dystopias. Yours For the Taking is one such novel, and I can see myself teaching it in another iteration of the course. In the vein of other feminist speculative work, it interrogates our current systems and asks what kind of future we would like to live in…and what kind of future we might be building right now. I found it a compelling and propulsive read, and highly recommend it to my fellow lovers of the genre.

Thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for an early copy of this book.