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augustar14'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
3.25
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
rhm04'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
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, and Abandonment
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Vomit
sarah984'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
4.0
Most of the characters are interesting and the central dilemmas of the book feel real. I loved the robot U-me and Cee’s routine on the island. However, I thought the romance was extremely silly and the ending was a little muddled.
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Alcohol
emily_mh's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
I docked my rating half a star for two reasons. The first is that the writing could be very confusing from Kasey's perspective, both in terms of world-building and interpreting her personality. The pacing in this perspective also grew to be quite erratic. The second reason was the romance.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Alcohol
nyoom's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
0.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Racism, and Excrement
maple_dove's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Not sure why I wanted to read this? Probably because this book was written by Joan He. Despite the fact that I don't like Sci-Fi....
This was so emotional, VERY dark, and I fell into a pit of darkness for a little bit. The reason why I'm not rating this higher is because I rate based on enjoyment. I didn't type down all the important information for a while, resulting in me getting very confused. 😅
IF YOU'RE GOING TO READ THIS BOOK, write or type all the important information! It will help!
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Racism
beautifulpaxielreads'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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Body horror, Racism, and Sexual content
foreverinastory's review against another edition
- 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
I don't really know how to summarize this book. It's about sisters. It's about humanity. It's about the climate disaster that will eventually befall Earth. It's all these things and more. The ending and how everything tied together had me shocked and questioning. The ending is more of an open ended one and I am still unsure how I feel about it, but I don't think anything different would've worked here.
The Ones We're Meant to Find follows Cee and Kay/Kasey. Cee is trapped on a deserted island and trying to figure out a way off of it so she can find her sister. Kasey is grieving her sister, Celia, and her disappearance/death. When Kasey finds Celia's chip (basically stores all your info and memories), she is determined to understand what happened to her sister.
Cee's POV felt a lot like watching someone playing Sim's Castaway. It was very easy to get bored and I wasn't really invested in her POV until about halfway through. Kasey on the other hand was fascinating from the beginning. There were so many things going on and I kept wanting to know more. Kasey is a genius and there was something she did in the past she wasn't allowed to remember. But in her pursuit of her sister, she finds them again and with them the possible solution to the climate crisis.
There isn't any clear cut villain to me in this story. There are humans who've made bad decisions, and ones that made the best decision they could given the circumstances. I really liked how this whole book operates in the gray area of right and wrong. The overlying mystery of what the fuck was exactly happening kept my interest and helped with Cee's POV being slower at first.
The only thing I wish was different was that there were no queer characters. Kasey really struck me as someone on the Aspec, but none of that is canon so I am sad. Also look at that cover!!! Does that not scream sapphic vibes!? Because it does to me.
Rep: Asian coded female MCs, one MC seems autistic coded but I am not certain.
CWs: Abandonment, confinement, death, presumed death of sister, grief, attempted murder, racism, sexual content, suicide/suicide attempt--character is immortal, terminal illness--poisoning, toxic friendship, violence.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Racism
emerynmader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Review:
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Murder
liuet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent
Minor: Genocide, Racism, and Vomit