gracecrandall's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Bullying
Moderate: Antisemitism
elle_e_d_light's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Body horror, Drug abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism
Minor: Domestic abuse
time4tori2read's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Gun violence
tiredcath's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with this arc. These are all my own thoughts.
No Gods, No Monsters is truly a gripping story. I have to praise the writing on this one. It's beautifully written and descriptive. You can tell so much thought and time was put into the characters and their backgrounds. Everyone felt three dimensional and thought out. And they had flaws! Characters did things we didn't agree with but they were never villainized, which I absolutely loved reading. Everyone had a story and a motivation.
The mystery of the narrator was SO intriguing and well done. A nameless floating consciousness seeing into the lives of so many different people that all collide in one great ending.
It took me a little while to get into, however. There's a lot of information and characters being thrown at you in the first one hundred pages. Often, I felt confused about what was happening- but then again, I think that's done on purpose. There are times you meet someone briefly, don't hear from them and then you're in their pov again thinking: "wait who is this?" So when reading, take your time. But once you're in the halfway mark you're completely in it.
I definitely would recommend reading this gem twice. Once you have all the information going back will have everything make a bit more sense later on. But all in all, this is a good start to a series. I'm interested to see where Turnbull takes it.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gun violence