ashleysager's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Murder
aely's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
While the story started off interesting, it slowly spiraled into Marguerite idolizing the men in her life for 5 hours. Maybe I’m just too immature to appreciate the romance, but the only times I didn’t physically roll my eyes at the romance was with Just the ways talk about “protecting” her over and over and over just feels so patronizing, and the fact that she points this out to at one point and then proceeds to swoon over it in the next chapter just made me despise all of these characters.
Anyways…
I liked the ending, mostly because it but it just wasn’t enough. It was closure to a story that I did not enjoy. Near the end, I kept asking myself “Why am I reading this book? I hate all the characters.”
HOWEVER
This book did make me reflect on the important relationships in my life. The way the book handles grief, and how Marguerite learns to appreciate the small moments with those you love, was really beautiful. If you dig through the patronizing love triangle, you find a heartwarming lesson that everyone should learn. I just wish I didn’t have to do so much digging.
In conclusion, if you wish Twilight focused more on familial relations and quantum theory, this is the book for you. That is all.
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Russian Paul.Spoiler
Theo and PaulSpoiler
PaulSpoiler
If Paul had just communicated with the people he was trying to protect, none of the conflict would have happened in the first place! But hey, he made a mistake! That’s what happens in books! Surely he’ll learn from this experience and grow as a charact-NOPE! Even when he literally thinks that his mentor/father figure is DEAD because of his lack of communication, he still refuses to tell Marguerite the information registering her part in this whole conflict. The only reason he tells her ANYTHING is because she threatens her own safety if he doesn’t come clean. AND HE DOESN’T EVEN COME CLEAN EVEN WHEN HE’S SENDING HER TO ANOTHER DIMENSION TO FIND HER FATHER AND HE DOESN’T EVEN TELL HER HE’S THERE PAUL WHAT THE HELL-Anyways…
I liked the ending, mostly because it
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punished Theo, whom I’d found especially annoying throughout the book,HOWEVER
This book did make me reflect on the important relationships in my life. The way the book handles grief, and how Marguerite learns to appreciate the small moments with those you love, was really beautiful. If you dig through the patronizing love triangle, you find a heartwarming lesson that everyone should learn. I just wish I didn’t have to do so much digging.
In conclusion, if you wish Twilight focused more on familial relations and quantum theory, this is the book for you. That is all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Car accident
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Murder, Medical content, and Drug abuse
Minor: Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, War, Blood, and Kidnapping
sabrinaplug28's review
adventurous
tense
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content
Minor: Drug use
donatio's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I feel like this book had much potential, like, the concept is a really good idea, it could have been a rather complex story.
But it wasn't. I had some problems when reading. Almost everything felt so rushed, I couldn't bond with the protagonists or any of the other characters. Marguerite rushed from one dimension into the next without thinking what she's leaving behind or what she just did with the life of that dimension's Marguerite. The pacing wasn't good, there could have been more detail, especially about the past or her relationships in her home dimension, and I was missing the parts where she actually slowed down to consider her options instead of just tackling the things as they come.
At first I was also thinking that the plot maybe wasn't as detailed because the scenes with the love interest would be... But they weren't. Nothing was described on detail in any part of the story, definitely not the show don't tell I was expecting.
The story just didn't come to life for me, like I already said, this book had much potential but didn't rise up to my expectations.
But it wasn't. I had some problems when reading. Almost everything felt so rushed, I couldn't bond with the protagonists or any of the other characters. Marguerite rushed from one dimension into the next without thinking what she's leaving behind or what she just did with the life of that dimension's Marguerite. The pacing wasn't good, there could have been more detail, especially about the past or her relationships in her home dimension, and I was missing the parts where she actually slowed down to consider her options instead of just tackling the things as they come.
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She had so much time to think about everything when she was in Russia! What did she do all day?!At first I was also thinking that the plot maybe wasn't as detailed because the scenes with the love interest would be... But they weren't. Nothing was described on detail in any part of the story, definitely not the show don't tell I was expecting.
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I'm also sick of the love interest being the tall and muscular guy who knows everything and her just being cluelessThe story just didn't come to life for me, like I already said, this book had much potential but didn't rise up to my expectations.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Drug use
Moderate: Sexual content and Kidnapping
jarnbooks's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and War
cj13's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Car accident, Sexual content, Violence, and Death
frankieclc's review against another edition
3.75
f u kindle unlimited for only making one of these books free !!!!!!! ahhh!!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, War, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
fictionaladventures's review against another edition
2.0
This was okay, but it took a long time to even feel slightly invested because of the way it started. It felt like it started too late into the story so I didn’t know why I should care. There were too many flashbacks and I just think the timeline could have been better.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
janaya's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
I’ve been duped!
I guess I could have read the blurb a little better, but I didn’t, and I’ve been duped! This wasn’t a sci-fi/alternate-dimension-traveling/universe-expanding book. It was a romance! It was a romance book thinly veiled as science fiction. It felt more like time travel, too, and less like alternate universes since the biggest part was set in czar-ruled Russia. And don’t get me started on the Russia section (And also, the Russia section has a bad part).
I also didn’t realize it would be a series. Clearly I should have done my homework better before reading—listening—to this book (but should we have to do our homework to enjoy a book? I think not).
You know, now that I know the book isn’t as much sci-fi as a romance book, the title makes a lot more sense. It didn’t confuse me for a while there. “A Thousand Pieces of You” sounds a lot more like a time-traveling (even though it was clarified several times that they did *not* time travel. They dimension hopped) fated love story than a action-filled sci-fi.
Also, one thing about the audio... I didn’t love the Russian accents?
All that being said, I did finish it all. So ... 2.75 stars I’d say.
I guess I could have read the blurb a little better, but I didn’t, and I’ve been duped! This wasn’t a sci-fi/alternate-dimension-traveling/universe-expanding book. It was a romance! It was a romance book thinly veiled as science fiction. It felt more like time travel, too, and less like alternate universes since the biggest part was set in czar-ruled Russia. And don’t get me started on the Russia section (And also, the Russia section has a bad part).
I also didn’t realize it would be a series. Clearly I should have done my homework better before reading—listening—to this book (but should we have to do our homework to enjoy a book? I think not).
You know, now that I know the book isn’t as much sci-fi as a romance book, the title makes a lot more sense. It didn’t confuse me for a while there. “A Thousand Pieces of You” sounds a lot more like a time-traveling (even though it was clarified several times that they did *not* time travel. They dimension hopped) fated love story than a action-filled sci-fi.
Also, one thing about the audio... I didn’t love the Russian accents?
All that being said, I did finish it all. So ... 2.75 stars I’d say.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content
suklaa's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
4.0
Omg finally a book about alternative realities! It's such an underused concept even tho it's very interesting. They don't visit that many realities in this book but they have great variety. One is very advanced technologically, other isn't, one is very close to the main character's own reality and the last is something she couldn't even dream of. The plot is very interesting (this is kinda spoilery so here's you warning)
I do have some problems with this book. First of all, like half the book is spend in the second dimension they visit. Sure we got some character development and romance but I was hoping to move on more quickly from there and explore more alternative dimensions. Second, WHY ARE THEY SO CARELESS WITH THEIR ALTERNATIVE DIMENSION VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES??? This pisses me off!
There's also the freaking love triangle because of course there is. However it didn't bother me that much. It's quite obvious who she ends up with from the beginning.
Despite these flaws I loved this book! I'm definitely going to read the sequels.
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but it very quickly turns into something completely different than what's in the blurbI do have some problems with this book. First of all, like half the book is spend in the second dimension they visit. Sure we got some character development and romance but I was hoping to move on more quickly from there and explore more alternative dimensions. Second, WHY ARE THEY SO CARELESS WITH THEIR ALTERNATIVE DIMENSION VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES??? This pisses me off!
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especially in the Russian dimension. Our Marguerite literally might've gotten A ROYAL pregnant with her bodyguard??? And she only thinks about this ONCE. she felt so bad for Lieutenant Markov but didn't give a shit about that dimensions Marguerite?? Wooooow.There's also the freaking love triangle because of course there is. However it didn't bother me that much. It's quite obvious who she ends up with from the beginning.
Despite these flaws I loved this book! I'm definitely going to read the sequels.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content