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chris_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Gun violence
Minor: Ableism and Kidnapping
amjz's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
antarcticsloth'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder
valkyrie08'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? No
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
_ladypearce_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, and Death of parent
girlonbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
It's been years since Sophia's mother vanished into the Alaskan mist and no one seems to know exactly what happened. All Sophia has are fragmented memories and a story that doesn't make sense. Posing as an eager, bird-loving intern, Sophia makes her way back to the remote refuge of Bitter Rock - a bird preserve shrouded in constant cover of a nearly anthropomorphic mist. But with the answers she's sought for decades almost in reach, Sophia realizes that this truth comes at a price that isn't hers to pay.
โWhatโs down there?โ she asked. โA crack in the world,โ I answered automatically."
I was excited to finally be getting to this one as it was the Cancer pick on my new release book rec list for the month March. Not that it matters that much, but I stand by my designation that this is a total book for Cancers. It's actually a bit ridiculous how much of a water sign book this is. ๐๐**
What I enjoyed most about this book is that I went into it with a certain idea of what was happening, and while that misconception crumbled beneath me the plotline that took it's place ended up being 5x better. Kate Alice Marshall brings a nice dose of originality to the "something lurking in the mist" trope and I rather enjoyed that.
โจ Reasons to read (or listen to) this book: diverse cast of side characters that are not stereotypical or problematic (an apparent feat for white authors, let's be real), Native American voice actor
โจ Content warnings for this book: murder, violence, death, blood, spooky and unsettling themes, vomit
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Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent
colleensreadingadventures's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
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Kate Alice Marshall has a wonderful writing ability that much is clear. She set the tone perfectly for a creepy, chilling book. But it didnโt follow through. The characters fell flat, I didnโt really care either way what happened to the them, they just didnโt seem to have a real enough quality and I felt no connection. So suffice to say the romance involving Sophie the MC was something I could not get on board with. โฃ
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I think the way the story unfolded told from video recordings of the events and then to the events themselves as they happened intermittently made it feel like a documentary or a story being told, not like something that was/had actually taken place. Maybe too much video recordings Iโm not sure, but it took away something from the story, for me at least. It does seem like a lot of people really enjoyed that aspect. Also I thought there was way to much action. It was a bit overdone. Not enough time to absorb what was going on. โฃ
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The plot also just didnโt gel with me. This is why I donโt like Sci Fi. That is not the main element but there definitely were traces of it. The way everything was explained kind of confused me. Maybe Iโm just not smart enough to get it! That is a definite possibility! ๐๐โฃ
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I hate to slam a book this hard but I want to be honest about my feelings and I do believe Kate Alice Marshall has writing talent that needs to be explored. This book just wasnโt a hit for me. โฃ
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๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐๐ฌโฃ
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Gun violence
lilyleia78's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror
kalventure'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror and Gore
Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent
aeeklund's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Yes, thatโs right. Ashford. Files. Books.
I started reading this one because I loved Rules for Vanishing so much, unaware that Our Last Echoes is a companion novel, the two linked together by an overarching mystery surrounding a minor character in both - a minor character who appears more in this story, and who very well may be the key to the next one (which I need RIGHT NOW).
Sophia Novak has arrived on a lonely island under false pretenses. Masquerading as a scientific research intern, she has come with one goal: find the explanation for her motherโs disappearance fifteen years ago, which will also hopefully explain why she has memories of drowning. Her mother is not the only one who has vanished from Bitter Rock: the island has a legacy of vanishings that spans decades, and no one will talk about it. Sophia must learn quickly who she can trust as she discovers that not everyone who was lost has stayed lost. Some of them have left echoes behind.
As I read Our Last Echoes, I found it reminiscent of Madeleine LโEngleโand I do not say that lightly, but rather almost reverently. Thereโs the brushes of the uncanny against the edges of our world. Thereโs the smart, lonely heroine discovering both those uncanny edges and herself. Thereโs the themes of courage, love, connection, knowledge, and of these things being humanityโs strongest weapons in the battles against darkness. There are other things I cannot say because < REDACTED >
Had I known this was a companion to Rules for Vanishing, I would have gone in with even higher expectations; those expectations would not have been disappointed. I really, really enjoyed this.
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
Minor: Child abuse and Gun violence