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Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

61 reviews

trips's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 This was overall an enjoyable read from a purely entertainment standpoint. If I think about the world and magic system for more than a few minutes though, things start to fall apart really fast.

1) world building was alright but its pushed so often into the middle of scenes it gets really awkward and its easy to forget about what is even going on (this even happens in spicier scenes, it is very weird).
2) The body hopping/magic system of this world did not get enough explanation. The explanations about body invading was overall just quite strange, they seemed like Gong forgot to expand on how it works and was like "oh yeah I forgot to explain that, I'll do it here," in the weirdest spots throughout the book. I couldn't get behind it.

I do think its important coming into this book that it is inspired by Antony and Cleopatra, but it is certainly not a retelling. Anton and Calla are obsessive about each other and their relationship is pretty messy. That is about it in terms of similarities though.

Regardless of the above critiques, it is a pretty fun, easy read with some exciting twists. The last line of the book may leave you like :O! too hahaha 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Sexual content

Minor: Trafficking

renewed_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Unfortunately, this book wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. There were entertaining parts but the pacing was quite off toward the end. I also think two key characters were underdeveloped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content and Police brutality

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War

izzyluna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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

3.0

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This was quite the book. I don't really know how to explain my feelings. I think it was interesting. I liked the magic system. The worldbuilding and the lore were interest. I struggled to like the main characters -- Calla, Anton, and August -- and I'm wasn't the best fan of the romance between Calla and Anton. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

ipekcav's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Entertaining read! I felt some of the plot points were rushed.

The romance aspect felt rushed.

Great twists and ended on a fantastic note. Gong could leave it where it ended but there is clear opening for a second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content

emlyy_who's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

I have to say, this was disappointing. I love all of Chloe Gong's other books, but this one just wasn't it. Part of it was probably the present tense narrative, which isn't my preferred style, but also the characters weren't that interesting. Calla and Anton's relationship didn't seem to be very developed. The plot twists and reveals were also rather predictable, though that might just be because I read too many books with similar plots. I liked the general premise, though ("jumping" into other people's bodies!!).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

v_torres's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

lilhappyhermit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

This book threw me for a loop in the best way possible. I absolutely loved the dystopian setting of this book mixed with the fantasy element of what certain characters can do with their “souls”. The three main characters that you follow are such an intriguing group. They all have 3 end goals with the tournament, but lines slowly blur as Calla and Anton team up in the games. The ending had me in tears and in complete shock. I cannot wait for the next book in this series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Sexual content

teddy_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship