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marianka1992's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, and Death of parent
rmlknisely'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment
Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
pippling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The ending was quite bleak and it felt a bit rushed. I felt like there was room for a lot more story there, but I flew through the final chapters and found it exhilarating nonetheless!
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment
solanum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
caseythereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy
sha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Death of parent
rachaelwho'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
Hunting, survival sexamynbell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Blood, Excrement, and Death of parent
ginzura's review against another edition
Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
merle_bookdragon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The book is divided into 7 parts and it started out really well until around parts 5 and 6 where it took a bit of a downward spiral. I do not want to spoiler too much but I think was mostly bothered me that nothing was explained, not even at the very end. There is no explanation as to what the state of the world is to make living in it so horrible except for "there is a lot of smog" but that's nothing new. Additionally, between time jumps, especially one character changes their personality quite a bit, which could have been explained. Without any explanation, I started to instantly dislike them and kept wondering what the hell had happened at this time. I understand that keeping readers in the dark is a common tactic but without any resolve, in the end, it is simply unsatisfying. For example, as a second book for my MA, I read The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He. In this book, I was also very confused for a long time because a lot of information is withheld from the reader for a long time. But in the end, you still receive an explanation, which might not make you like the story or the characters more but at least you learn about a motive. That was really missing in The New Wilderness.
Also, this is really just personal preference but
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, and Abandonment
Moderate: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail