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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow…what an unbelievable book. So well written, gripping, and important. It’s technically a dystopian climate novel but truly it is so so much more. The characters are all brilliantly written, and Franny (the narrator) is one of the best characters I’ve ever read. The more I learned about Franny, the more I loved her restlessness and her boldness, and the more I wanted to understand her deep pain. I’m sure if I came back to this book 10 more times I’d still get new things out of it.
This book isn’t for everyone but it sure as heck is for me
This book isn’t for everyone but it sure as heck is for me
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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
adventurous
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh my god. I am broken. I am put back together again. I am empty, and I am full. I am quiet. I am screaming. I am the ocean. And I am the sky.
I am just fresh off of this book, and the wounds I have are still tender and raw. There is so much to say but I do not have the words for it, so I will try my best.
Grief… there is so much media about grief that I have seen in the past few years (God of War: Ragnorak, Wandavision, Manchester by the Sea), and every single one has moved me, but none has really reached deep inside me and held me close like Migrations has (Manchester is a very close second because I did bawl my eyes out, but something about reading hits more than watching). Maybe it’s because I am older now, softer than the girl I was at 15. I have seen people and seen the world and have so much love that I feel so many things. Or maybe it’s because I am no longer myself, but I am Franny. The losses immeasurable and permanent, the loneliness always with me, searching for something that is home even if standing still scares me.
Loss has always been a part of life, the grief accompanying an unwanted yet needed companion through that time. Franny goes through journeys, migrations if you will, and when she loses everything, she wants to leave one last time. It’s in that final leaving you learn so much about her, about the crew of the Saghani and their own losses. It’s hard to try and encourage her otherwise because the way she talks, the way she thinks, her thoughts become mine, ours, that her own grief weighs heavily on me, us.
But, as Faye from GoW:R has said, “To grieve deeply... is to have loved fully.”
Feelings from the book aside, the prose is so beautiful, I could not stop highlighting, and the scenery, the images written so beautifully… this could absolutely be a movie and I can see it all. I can’t find any fault within the book, but that may be because emotions overtook me. Still, though, that means the author has done their job if that was their intention.
I will think about this book forever.
I am just fresh off of this book, and the wounds I have are still tender and raw. There is so much to say but I do not have the words for it, so I will try my best.
Grief… there is so much media about grief that I have seen in the past few years (God of War: Ragnorak, Wandavision, Manchester by the Sea), and every single one has moved me, but none has really reached deep inside me and held me close like Migrations has (Manchester is a very close second because I did bawl my eyes out, but something about reading hits more than watching). Maybe it’s because I am older now, softer than the girl I was at 15. I have seen people and seen the world and have so much love that I feel so many things. Or maybe it’s because I am no longer myself, but I am Franny. The losses immeasurable and permanent, the loneliness always with me, searching for something that is home even if standing still scares me.
Loss has always been a part of life, the grief accompanying an unwanted yet needed companion through that time. Franny goes through journeys, migrations if you will, and when she loses everything, she wants to leave one last time. It’s in that final leaving you learn so much about her, about the crew of the Saghani and their own losses. It’s hard to try and encourage her otherwise because the way she talks, the way she thinks, her thoughts become mine, ours, that her own grief weighs heavily on me, us.
But, as Faye from GoW:R has said, “To grieve deeply... is to have loved fully.”
Feelings from the book aside, the prose is so beautiful, I could not stop highlighting, and the scenery, the images written so beautifully… this could absolutely be a movie and I can see it all. I can’t find any fault within the book, but that may be because emotions overtook me. Still, though, that means the author has done their job if that was their intention.
I will think about this book forever.
