initiallyjordyn 's review for:

No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

2.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was somehow both an easy read and also extremely confusing??? There was so much jumping around through POVs and time jumps, and I often forgot which characters connected where. To be fair, I'm not a huge fan of perspective changes in books, especially to this degree. While reading it felt like every plot was a main plot, but there were so many to keep track of that by the end it felt like many of the plots were unnecessary. 

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"Sometimes, guilt and loss push a person into becoming more than singular. They split in two to resurrect what they've lost or live in service to what was lost. A lover will take up the mission of the dead partner. A mother might take up a dead daughter's hobby to feel close to her. A sister might flirt with the notion of becoming a monster, to fill in the parts of her brother she doesn't know."