zombiezami's review against another edition
3.0
However, by the end, I felt it was too tropey, too focused on romance, and relied too much on deus ex machina
Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Blood, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, and Child death
Moderate: War, Torture, Racism, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content
kt_timms's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcoholism
eh1736's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: War, Racism, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Genocide
POC main character, demi-ace main character, nonbinary side character, chronic illness rep, anxiety rep_justagremlin_'s review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Medical trauma
caelinsullivan's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Colonisation
Moderate: Racism, Violence, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping
vaniavela's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Genocide
lena_loves_reading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
However, I loved the characters and the rep! The mc is a biracial, demisexual biromantic teen with anxiety. AND A BOOK NERD (+ a rebel librarian)!! I got all of the YA references!! At one point she was thinking of Wylan and Jesper which immediately made me like this book so much more!
And Alien Boy was the cutest! There were so many music and book quotes in this book, which I loved. The romance was adorable!
I liked the thoughts about classism, discrimination and injustice before and after the invasion ("the aliens are threatening all of us but humans weren't that great either").
Graphic: Alcoholism and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Death and Genocide
tina94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Confinement, and Excrement
Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Body shaming and Chronic illness
paperbrownies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
- f|m
- bi/pan oriented demiace fat mc with anxiety, possibly demiace love interest, bi/pan sc, nonbinary sc using they/them pronouns
cw: colonization, alcoholism, confinement, execution, vomitting, gun violence, blood, hp references, racism, panic attack, genocide
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, and Racism
Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit
reading_between_the_trees's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved the pacing and the characters had some serious flaws that were balanced out by redeeming actions and dire circumstances. That made for an intriguing development of the central relationship. There was ace rep within the relationship too!
The best part of the book though was the secret library! It exactly what would happen if a bookworm went through an alien invasion, and I loved that! It was also such a creative way to have an intertextual conversation with other great books, namely The Hate U Give.
I definitely recommend this one, especially if you're looking for something fast-paced to pull you out of a reading slump.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Racism, Murder, Confinement, Violence, and Vomit