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Graphic: Death, Drug use
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol
The plot of this book was the main reason I picked it up and also why I kept reading. It was very intriguing and mysterious. Throughout the whole book, Jason (the original one) was very confused and so was I, but I think that was the point. The large mystery of "what the hell is happening?" is what kept me interested and kept me going. I loved the concept of
The characters in this book felt very realistic, not just 2D people who where either good or bad. They definitely added a lot to the story. I was quite upset when
Overall, I would say it was a good book and it definitely made me question my identity and reality to a certain extent. Mind-boggling stuff.
Graphic: Death, Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Death of parent
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, Rape, Alcohol
Minor: Misogyny, Abortion
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy
First of all, there is one single thing the author never explained that is bugging me. So much so, in fact, that my brain got stuck on it through the whole book. The box wouldn’t exist in a world where Jason didn’t build it. And yeah, I’m not a physicist, and my knowledge of string theory begins and ends with the Marvel multiverse. But still. At no point was it ever explained how Jason could travel to a world where he didn’t build the box. And so I have no plausible explanation for it to exist in a world where he didn’t become this super scientist. Which brings the whole goddamn premise of the book down.
Apart from the science of it, this novel had the misfortune of being written by a man. And so it has some very sexist undertones (like the only two female characters being depicted as very maternal and caring, while the male characters are headstrong and reckless). But even beyond that, Jason simply disgusted me.
Let me explain. You have a man who never - EVER - thought about the woman he pretends to love before he decided to crash her life. Obviously, I’m talking about Jason2 here, but the narrator isn’t much better. Every version of this guy is so fucking selfish he doesn’t think about everyone he hurts on his way back to Daniela. And even worse, he doesn’t care about his own son. The entire story is structured around his obsession with Daniela. We read about his brother once in passing, but that’s the only person apart from his wife and kid that ever connects him to the original world. He has no friend (that one asshole doesn’t count, as he’s just there as a plot device), no close family, no one he cares about?! And Charlie is always a byproduct. Just a side character he thinks about once in a while.
I understand Jason is meant to be flawed, but he just made me so mad the whole time. All and every version of him makes me want to punch the guy.
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Stalking
Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Minor: Drug use
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent
Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Sexual content, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder