cait's review
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Xenophobia, Murder, Racism, Blood, Animal death, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Grief, and Violence
linesiunderline's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is one of the most tense, immersive, and propulsive books I’ve read in recent memory. Add to this the fact that the author has crafted a book with characters who feel incredibly human and nuanced, many of whom you care about deeply, and brings you to consider difficult and complex themes around Indigenous life and history in this country in just over 200 pages? It’s impressive. I’ll press this one into ANYONE’S hands. If I was still I bookseller I would handsell the life out of this book. And if you’re put off because you don’t think you can deal with post-apocalyptic business right now, I urge you to try it because there is a lot of hope and community and life in this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, and Violence
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