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The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

44 reviews

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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cjreadstoomuch's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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caitlyn_kittle_kinnick's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75


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ann_the_imp's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0


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booksbyjess__'s review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0


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logsbooklog's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

there’s a lot i liked and an ok amount i didn’t. the beginning is rough, parts of the middle feel shallow, and the ending rings a bit hollow, but the breathless pace and tense scenes work well and a lot of the individual moments made me shiver. i’m left wanting more both positively and negatively.

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readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Dark, heavy, dystopian, but so thought provoking. This definitely isn’t the book for everyone and I would be slow to recommend it as an actual YA book but if you could handle the graphic nature of the Hunger Games then you could handle this one. Definitely a story that will stick with me for a while and the author’s interview in the audiobook and discussion questions in the physical book really made me stop and reflect on this book more than I would have. Really reflecting on this took it from a 3 to 4🌟 book. 

I will say I don’t feel like this is the best written book and I feel like it could have benefited from some more editing and refinement and it could have been a 5🌟 dystopian read. But definitely a fascinating story that is going to stick with me for a while. 

Themes reminiscent of Handmaiden’s Tale and Hunger Games but also a completely new story in my opinion. 

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tays_books's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5


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mozimmerm's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

YA dystopia. Very disturbing at times, very moving at others. Romantic and terrifying and bizarre. 

Wow, I’m still reeling from the ending. That was unlike anything I’ve ever read, and it was very interesting. I never knew where the story was going to go. It always surprised me. I definitely said “oh wow” multiple times while reading this 😅

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f_r_e_d's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

 I LOVED THIS BOOK. So emotionally moving and so sweet. It had me feeling a full range of emotions from laughing, to literally sobbing. SOBBING. And the ending! I can not say any more than it was just to good to put into words.
So why did I mark it down? 
It was dark. Really dark. This book will 100% change your view on humanity, and the world we live in. The way I would describe it is as a feminist version of the Hunger Games, except the death levels and violence are on steroids. You grow such an emotional attachment to lots of the characters only for them to die in a really extreme way. For example,
Gertie (a character I loved,) Got scalped by Kirsten, because she believes she's a God. Laura drowns herself and a girl gets her eye cut out. Tierney gets a hatchet to her shoulder and almost dies, multiple times. Not to mention the fact that the Grace Year Girls go crazy because of the water and do some questionable things to lock into their "magic" 

I was reading the reviews for this book, and I definitely think that this is a book for older people. Its a mind moving, emotional, dark book. That deals with a lot of feelings and things that are more for adult readers. 
I did love this book though, and if your want a mysterious mind moving book to read, this is for you. 

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