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greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
kaz_brekkerrr'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
4.0
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Animal death and Murder
loreful'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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, and Abandonment
Moderate: Murder
Minor: War
Most content ratings continue on from the first installment.banksonman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder
kissfist'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder
daphrose's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
booksthatburn's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
It continues several things left hanging from UNWIND but doesn't really wrap them up. It has several storylines which start here, and a few major things that are both introduced and resolved. It leaves a lot to be addressed in the future, including enough info to give a sense of a possible trajectory or next step for some of it. Some of the narrators are returning but most are new. Other than what information they have access to, I don't think the characters were very distinct. That might be because there are so many narrators that they blur together no matter how well they're written, I'm not sure. This might make sense if someone started here and didn't know about the first book, since this is starting a new arc for the series.
There are two story decision which seem strange and might be particular distressing. The first is that "storked" (involuntarily adopted) kids are more likely to be unwound. It makes sense, given the worldbuilding, and I appreciate the synergy between the shape of the dystopia and the way it affects the characters. The other strange thing is that (unless I really missed something), there's no mention of kids being unwound for being queer (or being happily queer with their parents and no intention of unwinding). While it would be nice to think that this dystopia meant to be in chronological continuity with real-world early 2000's somehow doesn't have a drop of queerphobia or homophobia anywhere... to me it leaves behind the fridge horror question of "where are all the queer kids?"
Overall I liked it, I'm intrigued by the trajectory and I'm planning to finish the series.
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
quirkyhelma's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
The story is sometimes a bit confusing and there were used slurs multiple times for Native Americans
Graphic: Racial slurs and Murder
electrachet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder