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lynxpardinus's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Suicide attempt warning is for mentions of a posthumous character having asked for assisted suicide.svjak'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? Yes
4.0
After a few chapters I started to get a better feel for their individual personalities and could enjoy the slow-burn of their kinda enemies to friends to lovers relationship.
I really felt like I was going on a journey with Andrew and Jamie, exploring the world they were living in and their quest to get to some place better. It was wholesome and nice to read a dystopian post-apocalyptic novel with some lgbtqia+ rep.
The only complaint I have is about the world building. It felt like it heavily leaned on the experiences of the past few years with COVID and the reader had to create a lot of the backstory based on those experiences. That held things together when I read it now in 2022 but I don't know how that's going to hold up in the future when things may change (hopefully) and fear of a pandemic isn't fresh in the readers minds.
But for right now in 2022, I enjoyed this book.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Stalking
captainoliimar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Outing, Colonisation, and Classism
manic_mantis'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
smasson13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Honestly, I imagined I was done with apocalypse books in a COVID world, but this was peddled to me hard as the queer romance I needed.
It was so much more than a romance or a post apocalypse book. As a YA novel, some themes were pretty obvious, but over all it was beautifully written and addressed such a difficult topic at a difficult time.
The main characters are adorable and they cry and it's real! That being said, I found their voices very similar so occasionally would have to look back and see whose chapter I was reading. As well, the side characters are a little under developed.
The romance doesn't feel forced. Instead it's just sweet moments and a whole lot of feelings.
Besides the cute queer romance though, this book was really well written as an adventure. While it may have followed some cliché storyline and themes, it never once felt forced or fake. Instead it was riveting. I was always unsure where the story would go next and the tense moments truly got my heart racing.
So while there may be flaws, it still receives a full 5 stars for me 🌟 What a fantastic novel, told with a gentle handle, for our very fragile world.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Biphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment