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brookey8888'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting
ashlikes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Body shaming, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, and Death of parent
Minor: Gun violence
typedtruths'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? No
3.0
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Death, and Kidnapping
Minor: Death of parent and Murder
devynvictoria'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
3.75
Because it’s the future, the english language has evolved a bit making it a little hard to understand at first and adding to the slow pace of the beginning. Overall I enjoyed this book and am excited to pick up the sequel.
Graphic: Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment
adancewithbooks's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
We start with Andra waking up from a cryogenic sleep. She should be waking up on a ship on route to a new planet. Instead she wakes up in a cavern, 1000 years too late, with a young men looming over her and talking in a way that she can barely grasp, calling her goddess. Its with this mystery we follow Andra throughout the book. Finding pieces along the way to figure out what truly happened. It keeps you guessing along the way. You wonder who you can truly trust. Is it Zhade? Or is he up to something as well as his brother? And what has actually happened to Andra?
The world where she is, is different than her own. A 1000 years has not evolved her people (as she suspects they are decendants from the colonists she was suppose to be among) as she would expect. They call technology magic and those that can work it sorcer. And she can't quite seem to work it. The worldbuilding we discover alongside Andra and it is done really well. Never too much, always just enough, where I felt that I had a good grasp on the world and the things that were happening. Including the politics. Nice and twisty. The language also changed. They speak a form of English that does take some getting used to.
Andra is just a joy to follow along all the twists and turns. She has no idea what is going on but she has to now surive in a place where they think she is a goddess. And she goes right along. There is no other way. But that doesn't mean that she lets everyone blindside her. She has her own plans and goals. Her own emotions that come out. She feels so confident but on the inside she has her doubts about her abbilities and her body. She is curvy and her memories hint towards her mother not being appreciative of that.
The overall interactions with some nuanced and biting humor together with the world building, twists and turns made this a joy to read.
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Blood and Death of parent
Memories of diet culture | ritualistic killings | Loss of a loved onesophiesmallhands's review
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Violence