Reviews

Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson

sashahc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

 “Girls at the Edge of the World” by Laura Brooke Robson is hard to classify.  Fantasy but not high fantasy.  Queer.  Just pre-apocalypse.  Solemn and sweet.  It has some predictable beats, but in the end, isn’t at all.  It is an intimate story within a larger catastrophe that leaves a lot deliberately unexplained.  Anyway, I enjoyed it.

krrksch's review against another edition

• 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

sincerely_maia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

solarflair's review against another edition

adventurous

3.5

bittersweet_roses's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

studyleah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

ellakostka's review

4.0

★★★★☆ 4/5

thank you to penguinteen and netgallery for the arc!

WOW okay that was actually so so good. this book was on my list for most anticipated releases for 2021 and i practically screamed when i got the arc and it definitely lived up to my expectations.

i really liked the idea of the book, and it felt pretty well done. maybe a little too much plot and it felt a little messy at times, but it was enjoyable and easy to look past.

the romance also felt a little rushed at the end, i feel like the book focused more on the plot than the romance so it felt a little under-developed but i’m hoping we get to explore ella and natasha’s romance a little further in the next book! (which i am actually super excited for already)

there were a lot of characters in this book, and not all of them felt developed. i appreciate an author who isn’t afraid to cause their characters pain, but if you want the readers to hurt along with them, you have to make the readers connect with said characters.

but overall, this was really enjoyable and i practically raced through the last 100 pages because they were SO GOOD. definitely looking forward to the sequel!!

also that cover though... GORGEOUS

silver_rain_amba's review against another edition

5.0

2021 Reaction

*breathes*
Oh, my heart!

2022 Reaction
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jamietherebelliousreader's review

3.0

3 stars. Really well written and I liked the first 40% or so but I feel like it definitely lost steam after that. It felt a bit too long for a plot that really meandered and felt thin. While Natasha and Ella were interesting I never did come to care one way or another about either of them. Some of the side characters were way more interesting. This had a cool plot but overall it was just okay. I would check out something else from this author as I thought the writing was gorgeous.

riebread1's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Really great story. Very well written and left me begging for a second book.