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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
libscote's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
This is perhaps due to being an adult, or reading more vampire lore, but I spent a lot of time wondering how vampires lived in the same house in the same town with jobs for years and no one seemed to question it. I know that isn't what I was supposed to be focusing on, but that drew me out of the book and made it hard for me to fully tap in. Someone who is able to let that go will find this book much more enjoyable.
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Murder
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
oldandnewbooksmell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Murder
lisafrancine'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
5.0
Minor: Violence and Murder
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