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cristina19's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Grief filled quests of destruction are always my favorite
kneeubh's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
madtucks's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jayarna's review against another edition
4.0
This was like some sort of drug fuelled fever dream that was even weirder because I paused halfway through and went to work. Honestly, I highly recommend this to anyone who likes anything a little left of field. It was so strange yet poignant and very human yet strangely detached. I wish I could give it five stars but I just can't. HOWEVER please read it, this won't leave my mind for months.
virgosrising's review against another edition
Very Online Milennial in its tone, which I occasionally found a little grating, but overall I enjoyed this! Got very interesting in its back half.
ceceewing_'s review against another edition
4.0
It’s interesting, I wasn’t really loving this book. I read the whole first half feeling somewhat uninterested and unsure of this world. It had more humor and less detailed writing than I expected. And then it had to gnaw at a very fresh wound: my grief.
I lost my grandpa only a couple of months ago. Sometimes reading about death doesn’t impact me, I feel a distance from the writing or the situation, but this wasn’t one of those times. After not feeling sure about this book I spent the last few chapters sobbing because it hit home in a way that no book has since I started mourning.
This is a messy story about grief and identity and about being allowed to feel the bad feelings because they make us who we are just as much as our good feelings. It’s weird and off kilter at times. But it understood my messy grief in a way I really needed and I think that makes it unbelievably special.
TW: depression, suicidal thoughts, drug and alcohol addiction
I lost my grandpa only a couple of months ago. Sometimes reading about death doesn’t impact me, I feel a distance from the writing or the situation, but this wasn’t one of those times. After not feeling sure about this book I spent the last few chapters sobbing because it hit home in a way that no book has since I started mourning.
This is a messy story about grief and identity and about being allowed to feel the bad feelings because they make us who we are just as much as our good feelings. It’s weird and off kilter at times. But it understood my messy grief in a way I really needed and I think that makes it unbelievably special.
TW: depression, suicidal thoughts, drug and alcohol addiction
radtj's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
indiekay's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars
This is weird and wonderful little book that I finished over a course of an afternoon. It's definitely one that I'd like to revisit again in the future to see if I can learn some more from it.
The Seep is the story of a utopian future in which an alien species has created a symbiotic relationship with Earth and taken away all disease, hatred, pain and suffering, giving people the freedom to live forever, or decide to change forms into an animal or even be reborn.
But is it utopia when people still grieve? When people can get lost in the Seep's drug-like euphoria and inflict self-harm through substance abuse? This book takes a hard look at what a utopian really is, and what it could mean to the people living within it.
This is weird and wonderful little book that I finished over a course of an afternoon. It's definitely one that I'd like to revisit again in the future to see if I can learn some more from it.
The Seep is the story of a utopian future in which an alien species has created a symbiotic relationship with Earth and taken away all disease, hatred, pain and suffering, giving people the freedom to live forever, or decide to change forms into an animal or even be reborn.
But is it utopia when people still grieve? When people can get lost in the Seep's drug-like euphoria and inflict self-harm through substance abuse? This book takes a hard look at what a utopian really is, and what it could mean to the people living within it.
ahopper7's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
What a fun weird little book! On its surface, this is a story about an alien invasion, below in its core, this is a story about grief and humanity. This was a beautiful story about loss, wrapped up in the best kind of weird.