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skylover's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I honestly am speechless, but will try my best to share even a fraction of the thoughts that come to me right now in the aftermath that is this book. It's like being thrown in headfirst to the middle part of a story, right before the climax, if you aren't familiar with the original story of Antigone (which I am not, so imagine how disoriented in the world I was at first). I thought the characters were great, dynamic, and complex, for such a short story. The world building was simple enough - dystopian, yet sci-fi with women's rights to reproductive being the main theme - to follow, only in the beginning did a few words trip me up before their synonyms to our language were introduced. I am still gaping at the ending and trying to piece together what all I just read. Something tells me there's even more I didn't catch this first time around. This is a story that leaves an impact bigger than its page count, and will stay with me for a minute....wow. V Roth you've outdone yourself
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Classism
aseel_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
this was an interesting retelling of antigone and i loved the creativity needed to make it a sci-fi. i can't remember much of the original story but i think this was an accessible story and very straight to the point. i kind of wish it was longer or even more of the greek society retold in this sci-fi world.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Sexual assault
misterwisp's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
It's an interesting, well written sci fi retelling of an old Greek play. The characters are well done and the darkness of the dystopia setting gives a distinct feel to everything. It's alternately sad, melancholy, and grim at different times. The writing is strong and evokes the underlying themes in a compelling way. It's a pretty quick short little book and I liked it enough to want a more from certain parts. Even so it's pretty good overall. It does leave a desire to try more by the author.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Classism
Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy