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psliz's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
such an interesting premise ugh!! no world building, too focused on the love triangle, and a dub-con that imo is literally SA/grape! disappointment is an understatement!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and War
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent
Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood
aely's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
While the story started off interesting, it slowly spiraled into Marguerite idolizing the men in her life for 5 hours. Maybe I’m just too immature to appreciate the romance, but the only times I didn’t physically roll my eyes at the romance was with Russian Paul. Just the ways Theo and Paul talk about “protecting” her over and over and over just feels so patronizing, and the fact that she points this out to Paul at one point and then proceeds to swoon over it in the next chapter just made me despise all of these characters. If Paul had just communicated with the people he was trying to protect, none of the conflict would have happened in the first place! But hey, he made a mistake! That’s what happens in books! Surely he’ll learn from this experience and grow as a charact-NOPE! Even when he literally thinks that his mentor/father figure is DEAD because of his lack of communication, he still refuses to tell Marguerite the information registering her part in this whole conflict. The only reason he tells her ANYTHING is because she threatens her own safety if he doesn’t come clean. AND HE DOESN’T EVEN COME CLEAN EVEN WHEN HE’S SENDING HER TO ANOTHER DIMENSION TO FIND HER FATHER AND HE DOESN’T EVEN TELL HER HE’S THERE PAUL WHAT THE HELL-
Anyways…
I liked the ending, mostly because it punished Theo, whom I’d found especially annoying throughout the book, but it just wasn’t enough. It was closure to a story that I did not enjoy. Near the end, I kept asking myself “Why am I reading this book? I hate all the characters.”
HOWEVER
This book did make me reflect on the important relationships in my life. The way the book handles grief, and how Marguerite learns to appreciate the small moments with those you love, was really beautiful. If you dig through the patronizing love triangle, you find a heartwarming lesson that everyone should learn. I just wish I didn’t have to do so much digging.
In conclusion, if you wish Twilight focused more on familial relations and quantum theory, this is the book for you. That is all.
Anyways…
I liked the ending, mostly because it
HOWEVER
This book did make me reflect on the important relationships in my life. The way the book handles grief, and how Marguerite learns to appreciate the small moments with those you love, was really beautiful. If you dig through the patronizing love triangle, you find a heartwarming lesson that everyone should learn. I just wish I didn’t have to do so much digging.
In conclusion, if you wish Twilight focused more on familial relations and quantum theory, this is the book for you. That is all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Gore, Infidelity, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail
laurenevlyn's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This was a nice read! I really enjoyed how the action started immediately (half the blurb has already occurred when the book starts), which is something that always helps me get into a book. The tsarverse was such a beautiful story within the story, and I appreciate how every universe they traveled into contributed to the plot, and wasn’t just thrown in as an afterthought. I also appreciate that this books has some tropes I really like. All in all, a fun time, though I’m not sure if I’m interested enough to continue the series, at least right away.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement and Pregnancy
donatio's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I feel like this book had much potential, like, the concept is a really good idea, it could have been a rather complex story.
But it wasn't. I had some problems when reading. Almost everything felt so rushed, I couldn't bond with the protagonists or any of the other characters. Marguerite rushed from one dimension into the next without thinking what she's leaving behind or what she just did with the life of that dimension's Marguerite. The pacing wasn't good, there could have been more detail, especially about the past or her relationships in her home dimension, and I was missing the parts where she actually slowed down to consider her options instead of just tackling the things as they come.She had so much time to think about everything when she was in Russia! What did she do all day?!
At first I was also thinking that the plot maybe wasn't as detailed because the scenes with the love interest would be... But they weren't. Nothing was described on detail in any part of the story, definitely not the show don't tell I was expecting.
I'm also sick of the love interest being the tall and muscular guy who knows everything and her just being clueless
The story just didn't come to life for me, like I already said, this book had much potential but didn't rise up to my expectations.
But it wasn't. I had some problems when reading. Almost everything felt so rushed, I couldn't bond with the protagonists or any of the other characters. Marguerite rushed from one dimension into the next without thinking what she's leaving behind or what she just did with the life of that dimension's Marguerite. The pacing wasn't good, there could have been more detail, especially about the past or her relationships in her home dimension, and I was missing the parts where she actually slowed down to consider her options instead of just tackling the things as they come.
At first I was also thinking that the plot maybe wasn't as detailed because the scenes with the love interest would be... But they weren't. Nothing was described on detail in any part of the story, definitely not the show don't tell I was expecting.
The story just didn't come to life for me, like I already said, this book had much potential but didn't rise up to my expectations.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content and Kidnapping
nannahnannah's review against another edition
3.5
It's so difficult to form a definite opinion on this one. There are parts and aspects of it I love, and many things I don't. One thing I can say for sure is that this book didn't disappoint when it came to the number and the enjoyability of its surprises. Because dang.
Okay so Marguerite's father has just been murdered, and the main suspect (Marguerite's close friend and -- maybe more??) is jumping dimensions to escape. This book's universe is a multiverse, and that multiverse is this book's setting. Marguerite and her father's other assistant, Theo (of which the suspect, Paul, is the 1st), jump dimensions to chase after the killer, swearing vengeance.
Going in knowing nothing, I expected this book to be an exciting vengeance story about science and strong main characters and lots of twists. I was right about a couple things: there IS an abundance of fun science and those main characters are life-like and seriously fantastic but that exciting vengeance story died about 1/4 of the way.
In its place crept this sappy romance between Marguerite and one of the people she meets dimension jumping. She was stuck in this dimension because the device that allows inter-dimensional travel was just "plucked" off one of them. Literally, plucked - and the both of them just stood there. I'm assuming because the plot demanded it of them, but even so the dialogue that follows is somewhat laughable. It stands out so awfully because the writing is pretty good. So. The author obviously meant to strand them in this dimension so she could have them make eyes at each other for about 1/2 the book that's literally plotless without that romance. It's disappointing, to say the least.
The main three characters (Marguerite, Theo, Paul) are so well done, though. They had solid arcs and character. And mostly, they kept me wanting to read. Their interactions were never stale or repetitive, and they had such real interactions that it's hard to believe they're fictional - which is always the best feeling!
The plot isn't as clean as those three main characters. It's absorbing, even if it is a little messy. All those dimensions, the new versions of themselves . . . it's almost more distracting and annoying than eye-opening. The plot should be about finding Marguerite's father, right? Instead, we have a love triangle, or a love triangle in which the version of the dude isn't the version of the dude that's in Marguerite's dimension and man, I really didn't want to read all that drama!
But overall, yeah, I enjoyed this book. I might read on to see about what happens to Marguerite's family, but I'm in no rush.
Okay so Marguerite's father has just been murdered, and the main suspect (Marguerite's close friend and -- maybe more??) is jumping dimensions to escape. This book's universe is a multiverse, and that multiverse is this book's setting. Marguerite and her father's other assistant, Theo (of which the suspect, Paul, is the 1st), jump dimensions to chase after the killer, swearing vengeance.
Going in knowing nothing, I expected this book to be an exciting vengeance story about science and strong main characters and lots of twists. I was right about a couple things: there IS an abundance of fun science and those main characters are life-like and seriously fantastic but that exciting vengeance story died about 1/4 of the way.
In its place crept this sappy romance between Marguerite and one of the people she meets dimension jumping. She was stuck in this dimension because the device that allows inter-dimensional travel was just "plucked" off one of them. Literally, plucked - and the both of them just stood there. I'm assuming because the plot demanded it of them, but even so the dialogue that follows is somewhat laughable. It stands out so awfully because the writing is pretty good. So. The author obviously meant to strand them in this dimension so she could have them make eyes at each other for about 1/2 the book that's literally plotless without that romance. It's disappointing, to say the least.
The main three characters (Marguerite, Theo, Paul) are so well done, though. They had solid arcs and character. And mostly, they kept me wanting to read. Their interactions were never stale or repetitive, and they had such real interactions that it's hard to believe they're fictional - which is always the best feeling!
The plot isn't as clean as those three main characters. It's absorbing, even if it is a little messy. All those dimensions, the new versions of themselves . . . it's almost more distracting and annoying than eye-opening. The plot should be about finding Marguerite's father, right? Instead, we have a love triangle, or a love triangle in which the version of the dude isn't the version of the dude that's in Marguerite's dimension and man, I really didn't want to read all that drama!
But overall, yeah, I enjoyed this book. I might read on to see about what happens to Marguerite's family, but I'm in no rush.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse
mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and War
heytherekaity's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent