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filipa_maia's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
It took me over two years to finish this book.. and no, it not because I'm a slow reader. I hate to 'DNF' books. I can't do it because my brain needs closure: finish a book, write a review and put the book away.
The story is not bad: a world where love is a disease and there is a medical procedure to cure it. People who fall in love are sick. Easy as that. Now, there is a bunch of plot holes to this narrative - if the medical procedure cures you from love, we are talking about ALL THE LOVE romantic and non-romantic. Right? Am i missing something here? Maybe there is something here that I'm not getting. And then this book is unnecessarily big. It could be way shorter, and way more interesting, if we didn't spend so much time reading, with immense detail, every single thought she has. That's why I had to put it down the first time - I was so bored.
Of course that me, being me, I need to read the second book because this one ends in a cliffhanger. I just need to know.
The story is not bad: a world where love is a disease and there is a medical procedure to cure it. People who fall in love are sick. Easy as that. Now, there is a bunch of plot holes to this narrative - if the medical procedure cures you from love, we are talking about ALL THE LOVE romantic and non-romantic. Right? Am i missing something here? Maybe there is something here that I'm not getting. And then this book is unnecessarily big. It could be way shorter, and way more interesting, if we didn't spend so much time reading, with immense detail, every single thought she has. That's why I had to put it down the first time - I was so bored.
Of course that me, being me, I need to read the second book because this one ends in a cliffhanger. I just need to know.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Animal death and Police brutality
chaya77's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
This book was a little boring at times but if you push through the ending is worth it, but it depends on the person.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Abandonment