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Os nossos eternos destinos by Laura Steven

86 reviews

blackcatbooksmn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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bectothebooks's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The concept is amazing & parts of this story work well, but it was poorly written and didn't reach anywhere near the full potential of where this concept could go. Characters didn't feel fleshed out enough, like I got to the end of the story just not feeling anything towards our main characters and their romance.

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karalyndawn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So beautifully written! I loved it and already planning to reread.

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zg0612's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: No

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fierygecko's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I just "liked" this book until about 60% and then I basically cried my way to the end. Overall, I did find the pacing of Wales kinda slow at the beginning, but having it broken up by the other times/locations kept things interesting. I really liked the way this book talked about love so expensively and grief in so many ways. The plot twist felt like it came out of nowhere in the best way possible. But I would have liked it earlier so we could explore the massively unexpected conclusion to the book a bit better. One thing that consistently bothered me was that nearly everything Evelyn experienced was "both hot and cold", "at once soft and hard", etc... and it took me out of the story. I felt like while it really hammered home the idea of feeling two opposite emotions towards someone as the theme of the book it also had me begging for an accurate description. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes I felt like the author just didn't want to describe what was going on. The way the author was able to have such diverse representation with just two characters is great, though, and I loved the inherent queerness of the story.

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harleyglynn's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

I thought the concept was so interesting, and it could have been fantastic, but it was just ok. I wanted so much more. I think if this had been developed a bit more it could have been amazing. Instead, it felt a lot like The Invisible Life of Addie LauRue but not done nearly as well. I thought the writing was beautiful, and I loved diving into the different time periods and locations around the world and the different personas the characters embodied, but I wanted more depth from each time jump.

To be fair, I did read this in like 48 hours because I needed to know the answer to the mystery, but, honestly, I was a bit let down by the reveal. Again, I wanted more development.

I also have a very hard time accepting this as YA when it has so much sexual tension/content throughout.

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crystal_sprout's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is probably one of the most romantic books I’ve ever read.🥺💛

I was getting five star feelings from chapter 3… though I never in 1,000 years would’ve guessed the last 25% of the book. I’m still processing it and I don’t know how I feel about it- but we’re going to keep the five stars because everything else about this story was deeply, tragically beautiful and moving.

(Edit: changed rating to 4 stars because after a month of thinking about it, I decided I didn’t like the ending)

The prose and thoughts on love in this book quietly found their way right into my own soul. (I have 120 highlights lol). The steady consistency that who these two were at their core followed them through each life felt like such a comfort.

I loved the concept. I loved the execution. I loved the set up and the flashback chapters. I loved the mystery of it all.

Notes:
I wish the mystery of who Arden was in this life was drawn out a little longer. I feel like it could’ve been dragged out just a teeny bit longer, the big reveal didn’t feel very big to me.

Evelyn also became a little too wishy washy. She hated Arden and would say as much but in the same breath long for him so deeply. I get the complexities of their relationship, but sometimes this back & forth was too much for me.

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sms29's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I liked this, but not as much as I hoped I would. I didn’t realize it was YA at first and I think most of the issues I had with the book may have been improved if it was Adult instead of YA.

I loved the concept and got hooked by the plot pretty quickly. I also really enjoyed that we got to see Evelyn and Arden’s lives (briefly) through the last 1000 years. The end was probably the most impactful for me and I enjoyed the twist at the end.

I also loved the Greece chapter to wrap up their origin story.

On the flip side, I felt very little connection to the characters because of the consistent switching of time periods and lives. I wish that the book was actually longer so as to spend more time in each life,

rather than generally just finding out how they find each other and die

. This also made it difficult for me to believe that Evelyn and Arden had a deep, epic love. It shined in the last few chapters, but I wanted it throughout. I also wanted to explore the twist more.

Overall, Our Infinite Fates was good and I may read it again in the future. The writing was also pretty good and I may read more by this author in the future.

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