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A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

4 reviews

chireadsandchill's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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aely's review against another edition

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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.
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laurenevlyn's review against another edition

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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.
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donatio's review against another edition

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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. 
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