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sakisreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
It felt like a cross between 1984 and The Memory Police, but in a much more mystical way. I wish I liked it more; it had the potential to be weird and whimsical, but unfortunately it fell short.
Every time you’d get to a good part, it would skip to something else and I felt very lost 🥺
I’m giving it 2.5 out of 5 stars, thank you ✨
Graphic: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
readingpicnic's review against another edition
5.0
The way that climate change and pollution have run rampant and changed the environment irreversibly was such interesting world-building, like fully grown bamboo being the size of a pinky finger or animals in Japan seemingly only existing with a rent-a-dog service that Yoshiro uses. Disability and transness are incredibly prevalent in most, if not all children in this society, which was an interesting concept, and I really liked the execution. I'm not sure if I understood the ending other than it was a teen's t4t fantasy, which was pretty epic. There were a few parts where the story abruptly shifted to 1st person POV which threw me off a bit.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Abandonment
orlaelan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, and Abandonment
sldccc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, Vomit, and War
uranaishi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Abandonment
Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War
little_enid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Child death and Abandonment
Minor: Chronic illness and Death