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aggressive_nostalgia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
Graphic: Gun violence and Police brutality
Moderate: Torture and War
Minor: Sexual assault
darwin's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
While reading, there were times when I found the world-building a little messy, but it all came together very well in the end. Turns out the inconsistency was the point!
The characters and their relationships, though, are where this book shines. The plot is engaging, absolutely, but the characters propelling it forward are what made it so hard to put down. The story matters because the people in it matter, an approach the book itself is well aware of and even leans into at times.
My final thought is that even though this book can be read as a stand-alone, I think it's much stronger for being a prequel to Archivist Wasp and Latchkey. It was so satisfying to watch all the pieces click together and get another angle at 06 and 22. If 22 was your favorite part of this book and you haven't yet, do yourself a favor and read Archivist Wasp.
Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Alcohol and Suicidal thoughts
metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Police brutality, Child death, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence
Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Cursing
theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Domestic abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Slavery, Police brutality, Death of parent, Cursing, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, Vomit, Torture, Kidnapping, War, Violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Body horror, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Confinement
Minor: Car accident
obtoosegoose's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Medical content
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
ktopreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, War, Kidnapping, and Torture
anniereads221's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Murder, Torture, and War
Capitalistic society Rationingrebyreadsandwrites's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Gun violence, War, Alcohol, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Cursing, Body horror, Death of parent, and Confinement
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Excrement and Torture
embee3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Torture, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, and Body horror
achillea's review against another edition
- 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
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you know that feeling when your back is really stiff but you don't know just how stiff until you get a massage and they crack your spine and it sounds like someone stepped on a bag of cornflakes. reading this book felt like that
Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, War, and Grief
Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Police brutality