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The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai

5 reviews

kh108_'s review

adventurous challenging medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

I thought the ideas were interesting but I really didn't enjoy the writing style. I also felt quite left in the dark for most of the book. Some things had way too much context but most things didn't have enough context. I had a lot of trouble visualizing what was happening because there weren't many descriptive clues given to the reader. The book treats the reader like they've already lived and experience this futuristic fantasy world and doesn't explain anything to them because of that. I wish that there was more descriptive writing and that there were more details.

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ptomatodactylus's review

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Difficult to follow and process through audiobook format, lots of references and dates that I’d want to flip back and forth to review but was unable to.

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lolajh's review against another edition

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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 ending

with 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.

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barf_mobile's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

my bad habit is that I give books 5 stars when i dont fully understand them. maybe its because i'll keep thinking about them for longer. anyway, really surreal read. super weird and unexplainable, but my favorite things are like that.

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keenanmaree's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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