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ellanarose's review
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Body horror
spinesinaline's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I had no idea this was part of the Wayward Children series, I just read it because it was free on Tor but very interested in reading the series now. I really enjoyed the world-building, it feels like a very inventive story drawing on some cultural references
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Terminal illness
booksthatburn's review
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Terminal illness
jessereadsthings's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
A little more interesting than the other short story in this series. However, it still wasn’t really necessary.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
thoseoldcrows23's review
adventurous
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
It was lovely to finally get to see Mariposa, but at only 25 pages, there was much to this
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Minor: Terminal illness
effy's review
4.5
This was a bittersweet read for me as Mariposa is a world that I have been itching to visit since first meeting Christopher in book 1 however this story followed the structure of the full-length books set in the portal worlds which makes me think that the only other glimpse we may get of Mariposa will be when Christopher returns to his Skeleton Girl.
Despite being short, this story did a good job of truly bringing the world to life and it was exactly the world of the cheery dead that had been previously described.
A very solid story and I hope Christopher does get his happy ending.
Despite being short, this story did a good job of truly bringing the world to life and it was exactly the world of the cheery dead that had been previously described.
A very solid story and I hope Christopher does get his happy ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Cancer
bluejayreads's review
4.0
Christopher has been in several of the Wayward Children books so far, mainly the ones set at Eleanor West's actual school, but he's never been a major character. I mentioned in my review of Come Tumbling Down that I wouldn't mind if he got his own book. But he got his own short story and honestly that's good enough. His adventure in Mariposa, the world of music and dancing skeletons, is very straightforward and follows the pattern of the other stories set in the magical worlds - though it was light on how and why he came through the door in the first place and focused more on what he found there and how he fell back out. Every wayward child's world is a place that connects to their struggle in our world, but Christopher having an illness heavily implied to be terminal and walking through a door into a world where death is not only not to be feared, but is a beginning of something better beyond the bounds of flesh, is the most obvious one so far. This is like a shortened and condensed version of a full Wayward Children book and I think it could have easily been made longer, but it also works as a short story. And if you're missing your Wayward Children fix, it's definitely worth reading.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Body horror and Terminal illness
hendrixpants's review
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
pagesofash's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Terminal illness and Death
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