Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Migrations

Lovely writing, and I really enjoyed the audio. Frannie... Not the most likeable character, and such a well written example of such. I loved the way the narrative went back and forth in time, it was very smoothly and even at times poetically done.

Climate change, extinction, suicidal ideation, loss... All very dark themes, yes, but woven together so, so well in this book, and I can forgive the darkness for its ending

on a note of hope

. I don't think the themes were handled with cynicism at all which I really appreciate.

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book_me's review

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dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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crisscrossedshelves's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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daisymoffit's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

This book is difficult for me to categorize as something that I enjoyed reading or not- because it simultaneously is so so beautifully and skillfully written; but at the same time it is the Epitome of a "Feel-Bad" book. Insanely impressive writing skills- McConaghy is so skilled in choosing words and creating imagery that makes you feel as if you understand and have felt yourself the scenes and emotions she describes. This definitely though is a book that I wouldn't suggest picking up if you're depressed- it put me in a weird pessimist mood the entire time I was reading it. But as I write that- I also almost want to say that that's a good thing? She definitely makes you feel things, let's just say that. Besides the paradox of appreciating Migrations for being well written, and yet also making me feel worse after finishing it; I would like to say that my main other facet to review would be the nature of the setting. Being set in a not so distant future where humans have overfished and hunted the world into mass extinction was such a scarily probable setting for this book- and I enjoyed reading about that kind of "dystopia", for lack of a better word. Interesting premise. Overall a good book, just very depressing.

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