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adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I really wish we had seen Griffin and River more in this book. I love the universes and characters That does author create and it was really cool to get the inclusion of Amelia playingthe Space Villager game from the #gaymers series but we didnt get Griff and River which was a let down.
I appreciate how Amelia has a bit of a bit of a hero worship crush on Toby's younger sister Nell but its not romantic or sexual at all. She doesn't know if she even likes people that way and its nice to see that included in her character.
There were a couple of things that we really got on my nerves though. For most of the book Amelia is not treated as though she is old enough to be involved in certain conversations. At one point, Toby gets angry at his sister Nell and while he doesn't handle it the best, no one just tells Amelia that he is allowed to be angry at his sister and that she doesn't have a place in their argument. Ruben also never calls her out on her bad behavior even though for the first quarter or so the book she really is a brat. She is actually old enough at she's 14 to be told her behavior is not appropriate. I find that a lot of authors can't effectively write Young Teenagers because they either write them as being too young for their age or being way too old for their age and here I felt like all of the characters treated her as being a little too young.
Nobody acknowledges that Toby and Ruben have gone through a horribly traumatic experience together and they are quite literally the only 2 people who know exactly what that experience was like So I'm irritated that no character acknowledges that. Not a single character. His sister and his dad dislike Ruben but neither ask themselves why he would want to stay around Ruben. Nell's dislike is so shallow its actually meaningless.
I appreciate how Amelia has a bit of a bit of a hero worship crush on Toby's younger sister Nell but its not romantic or sexual at all. She doesn't know if she even likes people that way and its nice to see that included in her character.
There were a couple of things that we really got on my nerves though. For most of the book Amelia is not treated as though she is old enough to be involved in certain conversations. At one point, Toby gets angry at his sister Nell and while he doesn't handle it the best, no one just tells Amelia that he is allowed to be angry at his sister and that she doesn't have a place in their argument. Ruben also never calls her out on her bad behavior even though for the first quarter or so the book she really is a brat. She is actually old enough at she's 14 to be told her behavior is not appropriate. I find that a lot of authors can't effectively write Young Teenagers because they either write them as being too young for their age or being way too old for their age and here I felt like all of the characters treated her as being a little too young.
Nobody acknowledges that Toby and Ruben
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Plane crash but everyone is saved with no long lasting effects