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Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

12 reviews

mconroy9137's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

julesfrigault's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

hyvanmielenharrastuksia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual harassment

corriejn's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I really, really hated this book. It was a gradual but very steady decline from being into it at the start, and just hating it more and more through the entire thing, right up until the end. I did not like the main character (or many of the other characters, for that matter). I hated the really creepy AF main romantic relationship. I hated how many things the author got wildly wrong about wildlife research and conservation (like things that were pretty egregious and would have been super simple to just google). I hated the whole storyline. I hated how predictable some of the things were, that the author tried to keep mysterious throughout the book and reveal later. 

I do get why some people might like this book. They're just wrong. (Sorry, but did I mention I really really hate it?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Blood, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Mental illness, Car accident, Grief, Child death, Death of parent, and Suicide

arielstrb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

amberinbookland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Rape, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Grief, Confinement, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Car accident, Blood, Miscarriage, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Death of parent, and Animal death

kelleywithanextrae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Cursing, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

williamgideon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

eligru's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow, this was so special <3
So many things in one story, so many amazing characters. So much swimming and fighting for nature, for sanity and for survival. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Miscarriage, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Chronic illness

johannairene's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

it wasn’t an easy migration for franny, and going through it by her side wasn’t a straightforward journey for me either.

my first impression, only a few pages in, was that mcconaghy knows how to grab me, drag me into her world, and have me really present - captivated- in the events which are filled with colour. franny (protagonist) and her obsession with birds and the ocean gave these moments and reflections a poetic touch which really attracted me. 

but i got worried. 
all that longing to follow the last arctic terns, to swim in the ocean and to give in to this desire to be free; was this romanising her mental state and her selfish ways which hurt the people around her? i started to have these thoughts and i got quite judgmental and annoyed at her, but this feeling was also in conflict with my empathy towards a struggling and heartbroken woman. 

but it was mostly annoyance for some time, and this was before i finally saw the whole picture and realised that this is not a romanisation at all and there’s more to this story and her reasons for her actions. 

my journey through these pages ended with heartbreak and a new perception of franny. she’s real and flawed, and i finally realised that she was easy to be suspicious of because i didn’t know the whole story. 

i’m telling you this to demonstrate how this personal migration i was reading about evoked a reading experience that took me though a journey too. 

wow. this book was a rollercoaster for me. but in the end, it truly was a unique experience and i’m in awe thinking about how this was executed. i’m actually quite speechless and i don’t feel like this review gives it justice, and that it won’t matter how many times i rewrite it. 

read this book through and through, and you’ll see it’s beauty. prepare for heartbreak. i’m deeply impressed and i highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault