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adventurous
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I really enjoyed this book - the world-building was absolutely phenomenal, I loved the way the ending played out, the characters felt real and human (I was legitimately surprised after finishing it to find out that the author was a dude - I assumed based on how well written the female characters were that the author was also a woman). My only gripe, which is fairly minor, is that the alternate chapters of the scientific paper detailing all the alternate earths got a little repetitive after a while, and I felt like they lingered a little too long on some of the alternates that didn't end up in the main plot.
Graphic: Deadnaming and Transphobia
Moderate: Gore and Transphobia
Minor: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Racism
In the first chapter there's a moderately graphic description of some dead sheep. There are a couple characters who are given non-consensual body modification offscreen or before the book starts.
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