Reviews

Extinction by Bradley Somer

Only show reviews with written explanations

brodiewilson's review

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

kyra_joy's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book isn’t bad, it just feelings like it’s missing something. Weird dream sequences that don’t feel like they add to the plot and flash backs that are unneeded. The characters are okay but the escalation of the problem seems overall weird. And it has a twist that I found very meh. The idea was there the execution just didn’t feel like it carried it.

Content Warnings

elishasbookreview's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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? Yes

3.5

The cover and the blurb is what originally caught my attention. It quickly reminded me of the game Firewatch where you play as a park ranger during wildfire season and his only companion is his coworker on the Walkie Talkie.

Other than the video game, I found the characters to not be likable. The only character I did like was Poppy. She is a hermit who lives in the park and ends up helping out our main character.

ncghammo's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Content Warnings

tommooney's review

Go to review page

2.0

A near future where humans have been abandoning the earth for other planets as nature has withdrawn. The final known grizzly bear saunters on, its ribs showing through its coat. One ranger tracks it, monitors it. Until poachers arrive in the valley, keen to take a little bit of natural history with them when they depart earth.

This would make a great movie - the story is decent, if predictable. The setting is deeply alluring. The set up is good.

But the characters are poorly developed and, really, how many descriptions of the woods can one man take? Not this many, anyway.

purronyou's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

nathanielcrossinggum's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I keep thinking about this book. I find the story and concept unendingly interesting. The characters and their dynamics within eachother are really compelling to me and the sentiment behind this story really scratches an itch of my own. The writing could be more fantastic and the villains I sometimes wish were a little more complicated - more truly horrifying in what they represent not just who they are.
But it's a great book, and I hope more people get the chance to read it.

annarella's review

Go to review page

4.0

The excellent and compelling portrait of a dysfunctional family and its members. It's a multilayered story that deals with serious issue like mental health but there's also some lighter and funnier moment.
The author is a good storyteller and liked how the different POVs were dealt, always adding a layer to the story.
It's strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

friutpunch's review

Go to review page

adventurous reflective tense 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

Content Warnings

jazhandz's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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? Yes

4.0

This is a really lovely, thoughtful, moody philosophy piece that falls apart whenever it tries to be a grim action movie, which becomes unfortunately frequent as you move through the book.

Content Warnings

More...