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madelinelikethebook's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Blood and Murder
Minor: Death
spinesinaline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Overall, though, the dialogue in particular felt uneven and disjointed. I think it could've done with another round of edits to capture some issues with the dialogue and action as the order of events was confused later in the book.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Hate crime and Antisemitism
barnesbookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Thank you to Tundra Books and LibraryThing for the gifted copy!
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and Murder
xangemtheelibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Look. Victor and Adam give off Dean and Sam Winchester vibes, except they're the monsters instead of the monster slayers. I thought that the lore was really cool. I adored how Moulton expanded vampires to be everywhere all over the world since the beginning of time. I thought that occasionally the message he was pushing was a little obvious, but it didn't stop me from having a good time reading Adam and Victor's story.
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
puttingwingsonwords's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Blood and Antisemitism
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, and Murder
Minor: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
ezwolf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I love the found family trope and vampires frequently offer such good opportunity for it to be used. Adam and Victor’s observations of their family and how they cycle through so many other immortals coming and going was something I hadn’t considered before.
And I loved that the inherent queerness and Jewishness of this book. When Shoshanah said the blessing for seeing an unusual create it made me laugh, of course we would have a blessing for something like that! Maybe not originally meant for seeing vampires, but still!
The only thing that really bothered me was that I was on edge the whole time waiting for Adam or Victor to be caught and revealed as vampires.
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Death
starrysteph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment
leahsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Cancer, Gore, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, and Abandonment
marghepardo's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Genocide, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Colonisation