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adammuly's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Death
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Violence, Infidelity, and Suicide
goodfriendguy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Violence, Terminal illness, and Murder
Minor: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Suicide
builtonbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Beautiful uncompromising writing with moments that gave me goosebumps. Reading this in 2024, year 4 post COVID-19 was a wild ride, and I'm glad I waited till now to read it. It also made me miss home, family, and the light and heat of my country.
Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape
Minor: Animal death
larissakoch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Animal death, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Rape and Suicide
chersonese'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? It's complicated
4.75
Calling this a post-apocalyptic novel is going to mislead people, because while yes that is true I think it gives reader's certain expectations and leads them looking for an overarching plot, an obstacle to defeat, a villain. The book has those elements but they're not the main focus, this is a character-driven book, and subsequently the characters are driving you, the reader, to keep turning the page. I found myself several times going to a new chapter, seeing who's POV it was and being excited to hear more from a character we hadn't touched on in a few chapters. And I will admit I found myself wanting more of the characters, but (and I want to stress this) not because I feel they were not fleshed out in the writing, I wanted more of these characters because of how fleshed out they were.
I'm not normally in the business of writing long reviews, so i'll leave it with this. This book is about people, if you don't enjoy hearing about their everyday struggles, their seemingly generic highs and lows, their lives. If what you want is a fantastical adventure this book may leave you wanting, but I hope you'll read it anyway.
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Gun violence
elliegreiber's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Suicide and Pandemic/Epidemic
berodatheelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Death, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Child death, Grief, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent
lay_kone's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Medical content, Gun violence, and Death
pipercurda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Suicide and Murder
Minor: Rape
grace_en's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Suicide