booktans's review against another edition
2.0
2.5...such an interesting premise but a boring to read.
mandapandemon's review against another edition
5.0
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh….. what. What?! What was that? Freaking amazing work here. Literally didn’t want to stop reading.
Sci-fi and realistic enough to be scary as hell. That’s all I’m going to say because the twists… oh the freaking twists.
Sci-fi and realistic enough to be scary as hell. That’s all I’m going to say because the twists… oh the freaking twists.
spudnugs96's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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
4.0
stephsj's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-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? Yes
3.0
kiddocut's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
I feel like the main twist is obvious but there is more to it than a surface idea of said twist. It’s a good idea but falls flat in it’s ability to deliver. With a weak love triangle in the mix too-makes the lead and her friends kind of insufferable in a book that’s explicitly about the conflicts of POW and torture.
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Gore, Violence, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, Cursing, Medical trauma, Addiction, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Body horror, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
A lot of mention of the idea of hurting animals? It’s not actually happening but the idea is there? (Plot reasons-it makes sense). Heavy mentions of political acts of violence during the Bush Administration.paulataua's review against another edition
3.0
Started off well and I had a strange sensation of having stumbled on something special, but the story suddenly slowed down and became painfully drawn out. From about a third of the way through, it became just a matter of patiently waiting to see where the story would end up. All in all, it was a potentially great idea, but the message, albeit one we would do well to heed, was just a little too simplistic.
cook_memorial_public_library's review against another edition
5.0
A 2020 staff favorite recommended by Mark. Check our catalog: https://encore.cooklib.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sbent%20heavens%20kraus__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=gold
dawnoftheread's review against another edition
4.0
I respect this book, and it’s take on horror. But like it? Woof. So hard to get through, but I had to know what was going on.
felixtrom's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-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? Yes
3.0