Reviews

All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

e_gracereads's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Says very little for the amount of words on the page, frankly. I cared very little for the main character, who didn’t have much character development and spent most of the novel being insufferable. It was a LOT of description for things I cared little about, and not enough description for things that perhaps might’ve been more interesting. Overall, I feel like this book gets lost in sloppily attempting to address World War I and grief, and poorly pastes itself into a polar horror setting. 

transvestkike's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

wbtm_bookshelf's review against another edition

Author interview @Eldritch Girl podcast:
https://cmrosens.com/2022/02/07/author-interview-with-ally-wilkes/

morbhen's review against another edition

2.0

Disappointed with this one because the premise was cool and could have been really creepy. It felt unnecessarily bloated and staggered along in parts. I didn’t gel with the writing style, full of cliches that cheapen any element of horror. It was nice to get some lgbt+ representation in a book set in the 1920s, but even then the main character’s whole personality is that he’s trans and real trans people aren’t two dimensional.

elizabethpero's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

edsbian's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

So extremely fun and engaging and interesting! I was so delighted by the main character being transmasc, that was a really fun surprise. Really tense and well paced too imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Terminal illness, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia and Cannibalism

fevereddarkness's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

4.25

bibleahteca's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

3.5

harken's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

3.5

bookishvicky's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

A little hard to get into but once you hit the Shitstorm it’s hard to put down. Tarlington. My beloved. My son. I give you hot cocoa. I sob into the snow. Amazing book.