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The Seep by Chana Porter

25 reviews

basementeyes's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

So incredibly written, so insightful. I nearly cried at the end which is not an easy feat with me! Loved it loved it loved it. It hit me in all the right spots. 

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radtj's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

4.5


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egg_apologist's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.5

Despite what the story's premise might lead you to believe, this story is, strangely, less about alien invasions and more so a very lovely story about life and death and grief and learning how to heal from grief. The narrative does hit you over the head over and over again with its messaging (it’s about as subtle in getting its point across as a cartoon sledgehammer whacking a character over the head), but it’s beautifully written nonetheless. Not to mention this is a super quick read!

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sinslashcos's review against another edition

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5.0


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a_violentfemme's review

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I sped through this one and couldn't put it down. This book ultimately does what any good sci-fi should do (in my opinion) which is explore the human experience and as such, it is a great exploration of grief and relationships.

However, I want more from this world and hope that Porter expands this series in someway. There were a lot of unanswered questions I had around the world building and felt the 'short story' at the end was key to contextualising the main narrative. I did really enjoy the concept of a 'slow' and apparently benign alien invasion but again, felt this background took a back seat to the character development.


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inkspitter's review

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dark emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0


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biobeetle's review

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adventurous hopeful reflective 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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toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

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

4.75

Really liked this book! It was a quick read and a really interesting concept that I think it explored really well even in the short length that it had to work with. 

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buttercat42's review against another edition

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

4.75


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cozyscones's review against another edition

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challenging reflective tense fast-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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