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gentle_human's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Self harm, Animal death, Child death, Grief, Suicide, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Ableism
fransbooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death and Suicide
hilary_v's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide
elliannasedona's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence
annasophie's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
2.5 stars – Oof I don’t know what to make of this book. Let me start by saying when Power’s writing is good, it is amazing. Overall however, this was mostly..boring? I find his characters usually very interesting but here they started to annoy me. I didn’t care for any of them, which for a predominantly character driven book is obviously bad; and having fictional, albeit very very obvious, stand-ins for Greta Thunberg and the President-who-should-not-be-named and other social media ‘influencers’ did not help. If you write a 13 year old Swiss climate activist at least give her a Swiss name not a Scandinavian one; how more obvious can you be? I found most of this book very annoying because everything seemed to repeat itself, even down to the sentences; different, but interchangeable throughout the entire length of the book. Maybe it would’ve been better off as a short story or maybe it’s just me being a picky reader but this really did not work for me.
A neutral observation: never did I think I would read the words ‘tofu scramble’ and ‘black salt to nutritional yeast ratio’ in a Powers novel, or any novel for that matter, but there’s a first for everything I guess so that’s fun. Btw, tofu scramble w/ black salt and nutritional yeast is delicious actually but make sure to add some onion, cumin, turmeric and ginger, splash of lemon juice and a tiny bit of sweetener too. Pro tip, I promise.
A neutral observation: never did I think I would read the words ‘tofu scramble’ and ‘black salt to nutritional yeast ratio’ in a Powers novel, or any novel for that matter, but there’s a first for everything I guess so that’s fun. Btw, tofu scramble w/ black salt and nutritional yeast is delicious actually but make sure to add some onion, cumin, turmeric and ginger, splash of lemon juice and a tiny bit of sweetener too. Pro tip, I promise.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Death
Minor: Suicide, Self harm, and Violence
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