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adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
A confusing and beautiful mess! Adolescent women in a post-apocalyptic world? Love it!!! And the variety in the perspectives, with Kora being right in the thick of the flu whilst also being a descendant of the person who caused it and Kirilow being so far away from it in the beginning with a mutated species of humans that directly rely on each other to survive, are only female and reproduce by parthenogenesis!!! Honestly the Grist sisters in whole were just so interesting, I would’ve loved for it to delve into gender and how it would be experienced so different with the complete absence of men, but honestly I get why the author didn’t; the nonchalantness of women being so predominant in their species had such a wonderful effect in itself.
I don’t know if I’m fully satisfied with the endingwith it being so open and will-they-won’t-they regarding Persephone’s state and what was going on, if they were all in their uploaded states or this was their actual being (maybe it was obvious but I didn’t understand a clear answer to that lol) but the journey to get there was enjoyable enough to not worry about it too much. I love how the plot never had a straight and predictable path and always twisted and turned every single chapter, I’m so sad this isn’t a series 😫 In love with this world.
I don’t know if I’m fully satisfied with the ending
Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Gore, Death, Body horror, and Drug use
Minor: Sexual harassment
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