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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh. My. God.
How had I never heard of this book until now?!?!?! This was absolutely phenomenal. I haven’t had so many strong emotions to a book in such a long time. I was physically gasping, clutching my face like the frickin kid in Home Alone, or laughing out loud, or sobbing. The tension ramped up to 100 by 50% in and then it just didn’t let up. The entire last half of the book was peak fear, suspense, horror, with just a tiny thread of hope that somehow they could pull through this to keep you going through it all. I am wrecked. I am exhausted. I want to reread this immediately, but I have to move on to its sequel first. Which I will be doing, right now. I’m so mad this one somehow flew under my radar for the last ten years, but thank my every lucky star that LitJoy is doing a special edition set of these soon so that I finally learned of their existence. This shit is top tier.
How had I never heard of this book until now?!?!?! This was absolutely phenomenal. I haven’t had so many strong emotions to a book in such a long time. I was physically gasping, clutching my face like the frickin kid in Home Alone, or laughing out loud, or sobbing. The tension ramped up to 100 by 50% in and then it just didn’t let up. The entire last half of the book was peak fear, suspense, horror, with just a tiny thread of hope that somehow they could pull through this to keep you going through it all. I am wrecked. I am exhausted. I want to reread this immediately, but I have to move on to its sequel first. Which I will be doing, right now. I’m so mad this one somehow flew under my radar for the last ten years, but thank my every lucky star that LitJoy is doing a special edition set of these soon so that I finally learned of their existence. This shit is top tier.
I loved this more than I thought I would. Like I said earlier the format works really well in audiobook form.
Well I certainly won’t forget this one. So different from anything I have ever read. I loved it!
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
3.5 stars
Entertaining and easy to read which was what I was looking for. my hopes for book two: less romance, more aliens please
Entertaining and easy to read which was what I was looking for. my hopes for book two: less romance, more aliens please
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
First thought: HOW CAN THERE BE SO MANY MIND-BLOWING BOOKS THIS YEAR?
This is such an ambitious book. Ultimately, it succeeds in its ambition. I have read books that have tried this multiple-genre, dossier of found documents/artifacts approach before. I am by far more impressed with this attempt than the others. There are some world-ending type scenarios in here that make it so compelling not just for their epic scale, but their execution. There's some gorgeous quotable writing, concrete poetry, faked artifacts-- everything but the kitchen sink.
However, what plays a more important factor in my review is that even though this story involves an extensive cast of minor characters destined for suffering and death, it seems like they try to infuse as much humanity into them as possible so that you don't just see humans dying left and right because "it's a disaster story." You don't get extensive background on each and every minor character, but you get a clear idea of them as people, and it makes an injury or loss *felt*. That's very important in a book with a high death count. You just didn't get that sometimes in books like The Hunger Games Trilogy or Divergent unless those people were main characters.
This isn't a spoiler, but a recommendation: pay very close attention to the details. Be prepared to flip back and scrutinize what you read 100 pages ago. You will start to wonder... to doubt... and when you do, the real fun is just beginning.
This is such an ambitious book. Ultimately, it succeeds in its ambition. I have read books that have tried this multiple-genre, dossier of found documents/artifacts approach before. I am by far more impressed with this attempt than the others. There are some world-ending type scenarios in here that make it so compelling not just for their epic scale, but their execution. There's some gorgeous quotable writing, concrete poetry, faked artifacts-- everything but the kitchen sink.
However, what plays a more important factor in my review is that even though this story involves an extensive cast of minor characters destined for suffering and death, it seems like they try to infuse as much humanity into them as possible so that you don't just see humans dying left and right because "it's a disaster story." You don't get extensive background on each and every minor character, but you get a clear idea of them as people, and it makes an injury or loss *felt*. That's very important in a book with a high death count. You just didn't get that sometimes in books like The Hunger Games Trilogy or Divergent unless those people were main characters.
This isn't a spoiler, but a recommendation: pay very close attention to the details. Be prepared to flip back and scrutinize what you read 100 pages ago. You will start to wonder... to doubt... and when you do, the real fun is just beginning.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Suicide, Medical content