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erikaonearth 's review for:
It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
by Anne de Marcken
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-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
Easily one of the top 5 books I have read in the last 5 or more years. I never would have been drawn to this had I understood the... plot? sub-genre? I hesitate to even say it *has* a plot, or belongs to the sub-genre I'm thinking of, but either way, I would have been put off and put it down, so I'm grateful that I didn't know and ignorantly started reading it anyway. The trigger warnings I've settled on make it sound awful and brutal, but it is an absolutely gorgeous reflection on love and loss, and who we are, what choices are left to us, after profound changes in our ability to identify as the person we used to be and still wish we were.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Minor: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail