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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War
Minor: Vomit, Cannibalism
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation
Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Gore, War
Good book, just not quite my jam. But I liked the attention paid to historical accuracy and the practical dimensions of time travel into the future.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cannibalism
challenging
dark
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is so fascinating. It’s mostly brutal with a dash of hope. Some parts are extremely well-done, and others (like the “romance” which is more like obsession) feel like they could’ve used some more work. As a sci-fi fan, I would’ve liked more of that plot.
I love what the author did bynever naming the main character, making you fully inhabit her mind, even as you grow to hate her for being kind of a sociopath and making such ridiculous choices. Her inability to question almost anything had me tearing my hair out. But still, I enjoyed the read. And I loved Arthur and Maggie.
I wouldn’t say I’d whole heartedly recommend it, but I’ll definitely be thinking about this book for a while.
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I wouldn’t say I’d whole heartedly recommend it, but I’ll definitely be thinking about this book for a while.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Cannibalism
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-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:
No
I generally enjoyed the story as a whole; however, the last 20% of the story, truly the plot-dense portion of the novel, was incredibly rushed. The verbiage was somewhat pedantic (even considering that characters were from different centuries with different language). The novel would’ve been better had it not tried to touch on so many genres.
Content Warnings
Minor: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was SOO frustrating. I had read mixed reviews but I couldn't resist the vibes of "sci-fi thriller romance".
Firstly this book is such a slow burn, I almost gave up on it so many times but every so often they would drop a hint or a tidbit of information about what's to come that made me stay. Personally I would say there next to no plot until you get about 70% of the way through the book which was so annoying.
The writing is so superfluous, like I had to look up the definition of a word every other paragraph. And I know that sort of makes sense when some characters are from the 19th century but also it just made it difficult to read.
Finally, I did not like the ending. Maybe this is on me because I don't really like sci fi or fantasy books because I feel like they just can just do an thing so stuff feels like a cop out. I really hated the whole me from the future thing.
Also the romance is just weird
Firstly this book is such a slow burn, I almost gave up on it so many times but every so often they would drop a hint or a tidbit of information about what's to come that made me stay. Personally I would say there next to no plot until you get about 70% of the way through the book which was so annoying.
The writing is so superfluous, like I had to look up the definition of a word every other paragraph. And I know that sort of makes sense when some characters are from the 19th century but also it just made it difficult to read.
Finally, I did not like the ending. Maybe this is on me because I don't really like sci fi or fantasy books because I feel like they just can just do an thing so stuff feels like a cop out
Also the romance is just weird
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Cannibalism
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Minor: Genocide, Cannibalism
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Sexual content
Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Cannibalism
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“Okay.”
“ ‘Okay.’ I bet you had a Tumblr.”
Yikes!!
Look, man, I get it. I respect what the author did here.
But I just hated reading this. This protagonist was so stupid, so incompetent. At least my question to "how did she manage to get this far professionally" was answered LMAO
I'll admit that there were some nice quotes in here, though. Had I made a couple of different choices in my life, this might have been a favorite. Alas!
With all that being said, some more quotes for the Hall of Shame:
- but she did a DVD-player motion with her mouth and chin that was probably a smile.
- I wanted to bite a train, or maybe fuck one. I wanted to beat myself bloody in the burial chamber of the pyramid of Giza.
- It weighed as much as a gun did, neither heavier nor lighter than what I was expecting. (Context: she is holding a gun, not for the first time.)
- He leaned forward and quickly pinched one of my nipples, hard, between the knuckles of his middle and forefinger. I made a noise like a slapped canary.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cannibalism