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3.05 AVERAGE
3.05 AVERAGE
This book is BIZARRE, but I really actually loved and enjoyed it. Multiple timelines and characters that eventually converge into one. I’m thoroughly impressed and pleased, especially considering I didn’t know anything about this book before reading it other than it had queer representation in it. I had FUN reading this.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A promising premise with a poor and really bizarre execution.
The future timeline is a mixture of a cyberpunk and a post-apocalyptic society, the past was trying too hard to be lyrical and some historical elements felt thrown randomly in.
The astral plains had some interesting ideas but felt like a fever dream with the author unsure if he's aiming for horror or sci-fi.
Not even a satisfying finale. Quite the disappointment. Tommy and Rene deserved a better story!
The future timeline is a mixture of a cyberpunk and a post-apocalyptic society, the past was trying too hard to be lyrical and some historical elements felt thrown randomly in.
The astral plains had some interesting ideas but felt like a fever dream with the author unsure if he's aiming for horror or sci-fi.
Not even a satisfying finale. Quite the disappointment. Tommy and Rene deserved a better story!
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is as if someone wanted to write a queer coming of age story, with strong influences of Alice and Wonderland and Inception.... but then had a mountains worth of LSD. That's what this book was for me. I do believe that it will be for some people... but I am not one of those people. I really, really didn't like this book. That's all I have to say.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Maaaaaaaaan
I feel like trin and spencellio's Storygraph reviews sum up my thoughts. I was really having fun with the audiobook about halfway through when I happened to look at the reviews and thought, "Oh, why is the average rating for this under 3 stars??" I really wanted to like it, but too many concepts were thrown in at once, to the point where it felt like, what is even the point? The endingwith Reynaldo dying and the lollypop mascot becoming their spirit guide just felt really mean, more than anything. It's not like queer characters should never ever die in media, but I feel like there are better ways to do it than this (e.g. They Both Die at the End). It just ended up feeling like Reynaldo was portrayed as a perfect cinnamon bun, too good and pure for this world. Also, some of the geopolitical issues that got thrown in, specifically the Salvadorean refugees and the Spanish Civil War, got such sparse development that they may as well not have been included. Like, oh girl's brother just decides to be a fascist out of nowhere and then turns into a demon. Why? How? There is no development of that part of the story beyond that one-sentence summary. . With tighter editing and just focusing on Tommy and Pris as POV characters, I feel like this could have been a fantastic short story or novella. <Sighs>
I feel like trin and spencellio's Storygraph reviews sum up my thoughts. I was really having fun with the audiobook about halfway through when I happened to look at the reviews and thought, "Oh, why is the average rating for this under 3 stars??" I really wanted to like it, but too many concepts were thrown in at once, to the point where it felt like, what is even the point? The ending
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Colonisation
OKAY, WHAT?! Teens who can travel to different dimensions and fall in love? Another Dimension of Us offers everything that it promises to: beautiful writing, complex and unique characters, such a creative plot, and a story that will lay heavily on your heart in all the right ways. You will not want to put this one down.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I love the narrators. But this book is so confusing and at 51% I still have no idea what’s going on. Sad to DNF but onto the next!