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relliepi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and War
Minor: Rape, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, and Car accident
pulp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
issymaae'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: Child death, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Gun violence, Dementia, and Death of parent
Minor: Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Suicide attempt
sammieray's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Suicide attempt
liz_not_bennet's review against another edition
4.5
I usually shy away from anything to do with physics but Blake Crouch explores the topic of memories mostly in a philosophical way that I didn't mind the physical aspects even though they made my head hurt.
So many people are part of each others lives in a crucial way, them sharing the same memories and therefore being affected when one of those memories is altered. Weird how such a terrible thought experiment makes you feel closer to your fellow human beings.
Whether or not it was intended this book is also the story of a woman who has her intellect, her work, her dream and her freedom stolen again and again by men and is therefore a story of oppression. This was clear to me without it being on-the-nose.
Exceptional was also the weaving of parallels throughout the book, I found many connections between plot lines and characters only reinforcing this theme of togetherness.
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
My only question is:
Why didn't Slade remember the world ending in previous timelines and needed to be convinced of it??
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Dementia, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder
alienguy'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
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Dementia, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and War
Minor: Mental illness
wyabook234'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
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Gun violence, Dementia, and War
Minor: Mass/school shootings
jazhandz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Medical content, Dementia, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Cancer, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Most of the self-harm serves an in-story purpose, rather than being the result of mental illness. Additional CWs for extreme depictions of life under nuclear attack and trauma when faced with an apocalyptic scenario.acidicorchid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book, despite its more gripping start and final part, did struggle to hold my focus towards the middle (not uncommon for me with his books. They're good, they're interesting, but something about getting from point a to point b is just not hitting with me). By the third part, though, I was back in. When I tell you some of these moments were jaw-dropping....
I also like how well balanced the dual POV is between the main characters. It's hard to pull off well, but for the most part the author makes it look almost easy.
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Gun violence
chasen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War