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lettuce_read's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Child death
Moderate: Body horror
booksthatburn's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
medium-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, Death, and Grief
Minor: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Gore
effy's review against another edition
4.0
When I first read a Wayward Children novel set in the Morrs, I was utterly in love with it and thought no other world in the series could compare. Now, well, I still appreciate the world but this story was the third time that we have visited it and it is starting to feel like too much of a good thing.
Whilst another story taking place in this world was a hard sell, I did feel my heart thawing as Alexis' confidence in herself and her desirability was discussed as well as the start of Jack and Alexis' crushing upon one another and what feels like an epic love story. I also liked the glimpse we were granted into Dr Bleak's backstory.
Ultimately, I did enjoy this story but I hope that if we have to return to the Moors for a fourth time there is a little more...drama?...and maybe some novelty? It is also possible that my headspace was not in a place where I could appreciate this world?
Whilst another story taking place in this world was a hard sell, I did feel my heart thawing as Alexis' confidence in herself and her desirability was discussed as well as the start of Jack and Alexis' crushing upon one another and what feels like an epic love story. I also liked the glimpse we were granted into Dr Bleak's backstory.
Ultimately, I did enjoy this story but I hope that if we have to return to the Moors for a fourth time there is a little more...drama?...and maybe some novelty? It is also possible that my headspace was not in a place where I could appreciate this world?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Death
bluejayreads's review against another edition
4.0
Jack seems to get an inordinate amount of time in the Wayward Children series, but I really don't mind because she and her world of the Moors are great. This story is very short and incredibly atmospheric, and really reminds me of the early books in the series (which, since it's meant to be set just after book two, makes perfect sense). It feels like a single scene of how Jack met her girlfriend Alexis that Seanan just couldn't make fit in Down Among the Sticks and Bones but that she liked and thought was important, so she added some context and rich descriptions to the beginning and called it a short story. And personally, I think it worked very well. The Moors are fascinating anyway, and this reveals some details (or just reminded me of details that I forgot) and provides some more characterization for Jack's mad-scientist mentor. It's a fast, dark, and wonderful read and I enjoyed it very much.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Child death, Mental illness, and Body horror
Romantic partner death (mentions), emotional neglectathryn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Another doodling around the margins of the Wayward Children novellas. I'm super tired of these twins. Maybe the author can save up the content and write a whole novel and get it out of her system.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Transphobia, and Mental illness
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