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The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco

7 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Animal death, Mental illness, Gun violence, Sexual content, Grief, and Confinement

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Vomit

moon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

i had trouble getting through the first half of the book because the pov changes with every chapter and it broke my flow and concentration every time but after the pacing picked up in the second half, i breezed through it with ease.

the premise is very intriguing and unique, but i have to admit that it took till more than halfway through the book for me to get a decent grasp on the world-building and lore. the logistics of magic and how it worked in their world was so vague and poorly explained that if you ask me right now how gates and patterns are utilised, i would struggle to tell you.

that said, it was very easy for me to grow attached to the main characters. well, most of them. arjun and haidee were my favourite and while i know they're the least angsty/complicated pair of them, i loved how their characters grew and developed as the plot progressed. i also appreciated tian lan's complexity, but odessa on the other hand...

it was cool seeing how her inner thoughts and morals gradually devolved as the ritual transformed her, but i feel that her character arc was very hastily concluded with no attention brought to the consequences or implications of her earlier actions. hopefully this will be addressed in the sequel.

the never tilting world is by no means perfect but i enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cannibalism and Vomit

lesbian main character, chinese lesbian main character, disabled south asian main character

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, and Animal death

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, and Cannibalism

alicelalicon's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Grief

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

 OMG ASDFGHJK. My love for Rin Chupeco's world building and writing has only grown after reading this!

Rep: Chronically ill sapphic MC, Asian coded sapphic (lesbian coded) MC suffering from PTSD, disabled POC MC that is missing one of his hands. Possible sapphic side character--seemed to have a romantic relationship with another woman, but am not certain. I believe most the characters are POC but I'm not 100% certain.

CWs: Violence, blood, physical abuse, bullying, animal death, cannibalism, death, gaslighting, grief, sexual content, mental illness (PTSD), murder. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Cannibalism and Blood

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

luckykosmos's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• 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

4.0

The front half of this book felt a little messy. The magic system, while not the focus, seems more intricate than the time it was given, and more explanation of these gates and their wielders and how that makes this world work would have been appreciated (for example, an air-wielder with a water gate makes ice?).  And while I love Chupeco's prose most of the time, other times it could use one more edit, to be slightly less clunky.

But now that the stage is set, I'm in firmly. I loved the final act of this book, the shifting dynamics between Lan, Odessa, Haidee, and Arjun. I'm fascinated to see where this goes next. Where I think Chupeco struggles with heavy exposition, they shine when it comes to complex plotting and intricate character interactions. You can tell they've thought heavily about these characters as chess pieces, and I'm delighted to see what comes next.

(That being said - Salleemae's name felt incredibly distracting and out of place. This is one particular pet peeve, and maybe I'm too quick to think of the student loans company, but of everything in the book, this is what I would change first.)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Gore, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Violence