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eachz's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Really enjoyed this! I've been disappointed with other speculative fiction that gets way too hung up on the details of the science/tech setting and neglects the characters and the universal themes to be explored against that backdrop. Tell Me an Ending, to me, did what I always hope for, and made the novel mostly about the characters and how the phenomenon of memory deletion/restoration can play out in many different ways.
While there was a lot of tragedy in this story I think it left me feeling hopeful and fond of humans in all our messiness.
While there was a lot of tragedy in this story I think it left me feeling hopeful and fond of humans in all our messiness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
thepermageek's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This book is an incredible feat of speculative fiction imagination, tackling issues as varied as memory loss/neuroplasticity, corporate corruption/malfeasance, techno-skepticism/conspiracy theorizing, PTSD, & abuse/gaslighting.
My one knock on this book (aka the only reason I didn't give it a full 5 stars) is that while it is told from multiple POVs--which I generally love--there are long stretches between the POVs (ie: 80-100 pages). The effect of which is that by the time I returned to each individual story/POV I had to really strain to remember where we had last left off with this character's arc. This could have been easily solved with shorter, more intermingled chapters.
My one knock on this book (aka the only reason I didn't give it a full 5 stars) is that while it is told from multiple POVs--which I generally love--there are long stretches between the POVs (ie: 80-100 pages). The effect of which is that by the time I returned to each individual story/POV I had to really strain to remember where we had last left off with this character's arc. This could have been easily solved with shorter, more intermingled chapters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Medical trauma
baratheonbooks's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
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