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They Were Roommates by Dawn Cutler-Tran
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Medical content, and Death of parent
Gender affirming surgery
Parents being absolute assholes and hateful same with the rest of the family
The Poison Balance by Lucy Ghose
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I got an ARC as part of a Bookstagram tour to tell my honest opinion on the book.
4.5
When I tell you, I found this because my local paper did an article about the author and was interested to see what kind of book, so I checked out social media and was surprised when I actually realized I might end up liking the book.
When I saw it was an Eco Thriller, I was sold, I couldn't wait to dig in, and I did.
From the very start I was pulled in, I couldn't stop reading, and I was glued to the pages until the end. I needed to find out what happened.
The science in this was great and made me love this more than I thought I would. Like I love how it is important to the plot and made me have my brain trying to work stuff out before more information was revealed.
I was not sure what to make of Joel at the start, because he seemed like a bit of an arsehole, I wanted to punch him. But once I saw through that I really did like him more than I probably should have done.
I loved Amy, she was amazing, being true to herself throughout. What a badass!! I want to wrap her up in a blanket like a burrito and protect her.
Mei, who we got a few POV chapters of, was a character I just loved straight away. The determination and strength shown by her makes me want to give her the biggest hug.
The zombie-like howlers as they are called in the book, were as gruesome as they should be.
Definitely reminded me of The Last Of Us
I look forward to the next book for sure
I was pleasantly surprised by this one
4.5
When I tell you, I found this because my local paper did an article about the author and was interested to see what kind of book, so I checked out social media and was surprised when I actually realized I might end up liking the book.
When I saw it was an Eco Thriller, I was sold, I couldn't wait to dig in, and I did.
From the very start I was pulled in, I couldn't stop reading, and I was glued to the pages until the end. I needed to find out what happened.
The science in this was great and made me love this more than I thought I would. Like I love how it is important to the plot and made me have my brain trying to work stuff out before more information was revealed.
I was not sure what to make of Joel at the start, because he seemed like a bit of an arsehole, I wanted to punch him. But once I saw through that I really did like him more than I probably should have done.
I loved Amy, she was amazing, being true to herself throughout. What a badass!! I want to wrap her up in a blanket like a burrito and protect her.
Mei, who we got a few POV chapters of, was a character I just loved straight away. The determination and strength shown by her makes me want to give her the biggest hug.
The zombie-like howlers as they are called in the book, were as gruesome as they should be.
Definitely reminded me of The Last Of Us
I look forward to the next book for sure
I was pleasantly surprised by this one
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Gore, Medical content, Body horror, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Grief, and Animal death
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Sexual assault, Self harm, and Sexual violence