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jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Classism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Violence, and War
Moderate: Alcohol
iftheshoef1tz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I appreciated Altagracia being an unreliable narrator, especially when it’s revealed that
The pacing overall was confused. The middle section should’ve been a lot shorter and the last 100 pages should’ve been expanded (where was all the fighting?? I didn’t want to read a reflection on the war, I wanted to READ the war!). I also frequently felt that the characters were telling each other and themselves how clever they were, and most of the time their wants and desires were opaque, so I couldn’t tell if they were being clever after all.
Tropes:
Unreliable narrator
Queers in outer space
Politics ™️
Cleopatra retelling
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, and War
Moderate: Sexual content and Colonisation
hailstorm3812's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: War, Violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Abandonment
aileron's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, and War
Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Genocide, Suicide, Slavery, Grief, and Confinement
booksthatburn's review against another edition
Minor: Colonisation and War
starrysteph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Murder, War, Death, Violence, Confinement, Gun violence, and Classism
mugs_it_is'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Colonisation
Moderate: Murder and War
Minor: Xenophobia