2.48k reviews for:

Borne

Jeff VanderMeer

3.93 AVERAGE

kelseymacedo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

faithful_jewel's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

folse_reads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Yes

thecoleparks's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

nvrrrdie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark sad tense fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, War, Deportation

Minor: Rape

popplin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Yes

quercus_pal's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

janathereader's review against another edition

4.0

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4/5 stars!

This was a really solid book! I adored the world-building and the mystery behind where Morde (spelling?) and Borne came from. My one complaint is that some of the more important plot points were rushed, but that might be because I was listening to this at work

laurelf's review against another edition

4.0

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Ended up liking this a lot but would not read again

c_frat's review against another edition

3.0

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This is a hard one to rate. First, VanderMeer’s writing is beautiful and he is one of my favorite writers. That being said, this book could have been a lot shorter. There is a lot of world building and explanation of the post apocalyptic world Rachel and Borne live in. The characters themselves don’t get too much interaction either (I wanted more). That being said, I ended up very invested in the ending of the book and I will be reading the second book in the series.