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moonykaden's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Death, Body horror, and Blood
Minor: Vomit
edie_maeve's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
I was not expecting this.
The second I opened it, I was transfixed.
I know that if you look at most of my other reviews with written parts are very positive, but this book really hit the spot.
The relationships and the actions of the characters, epic, and the plot is just phenomenal. There are a couple things I dislike, hence the 4.5 instead of 5 star rating, but the story was well told through this format.
Kristoff and Kaufman are an amazing duo, and their other series, The Aurora Cycle/Aurora Rising series is beautiful as well, and I highly recommend it.
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Death of parent
stardust_heidi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Medical trauma, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Death of parent, and Grief
akrafi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence
sunnythesassy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, Violence, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Gaslighting, Confinement, War, Vomit, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation
Minor: Abandonment and Child abuse
mapplethenerd's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Body horror, Murder, Self harm, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
alexfrommars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Death
Minor: Self harm
alexa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
2.75
so. i have been collecting some thoughts throughout this whole thing and they might not be especially cohesive, but that's ok, i was always more of a bullet list person.
i like the format of this, it was really interesting and fun, even if limited the amount of what you can learn about the world. some things were weirdly the same considering we're 500 years in the future, as i already expressed.
it might be just me, but the romantic drama between 2 high school seniors was the least interesting part of this thing, i found it irrelevant and at time or two a little bit annoying, but i suppose that's 17/18yo allo people for you. dunno, never been there.
honestly in general, i did not feel much attached to or interested in the characters beyond like a superficial level.
the ai in this was so weirdly melodramatic and rambling aside from its twisted logic which i'm assuming comes from the damage sustained.
in the q&a at the end, the authors mentioned talking with psychiatrists as part of the research that went into this and it does not sound very inspiring, considering the level and amount of demonization of people struggling with psychosis is staggering and infuriating, i think it was actually my biggest problem with this book.
the authors were quite good at creating tension and making one need to read on to know what happens next, i'll give them that.
however, i'm not entirely sure about continuing the series. it's likely i will i guess? not if they continue the ableism though, i'm not gonna stand for that
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body horror, and Confinement
trs01's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Fatphobia, War, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, Death, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, and Sexism
laurenevlyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Blood, Gore, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Body horror, and Mental illness