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kdailyreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and War
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
thecourtofreading's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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
3.75
not sure how i feel about this. i love and adore chloe gong, and whilst this book was really good, i felt that sometimes it fell a bit lax. the setting, the characters (especially calla) and the description was marvellous -- i really felt like i was there in the city with the characters -- but i had expected a bit more tension, a little bit more of a high-stakes game. all of the issues with other players were solved relatively quickly and without a lot of effort from calla and anton, and everything seemed to go slightly smoothly for them. the magic system was really interesting though, with certain characters being able to jump bodies; there was interview with chloe in the back of my copy that said in the next instalments she's going to explore that further which i'm excited to read about. generally, i have no other issues apart from the fact that i didn't really feel a sense of danger, a sense of being on the edge of my seat reading this, but it was definitely entertaining nonetheless.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child death and Sexual content
Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
jules_reads_books's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
i fucking loved this
full review to come
full review to come
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Colonisation
caseythereader's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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
4.0
Thanks to Saga Press for the free copy of this book.
- IMMORTAL LONGINGS is a retelling of Antony and Cleopatra, set in a world of poverty and despair where no one can be trusted because people can swap bodies at will.
- This book is very much an adult Hunger Games. The body-jumping element was a bit confusing at first, but Gong is quite detailed about the mechanics of it, so you're soon enough blazing through San-Er with the protagonists as they slash and burn their way to the top.
- I thought it got a little repetitive in the middle (there were a LOT of people to murder), but there are a couple of twists in the second half that literally made me gasp out loud. I'll definitely be reading the next installment.
- IMMORTAL LONGINGS is a retelling of Antony and Cleopatra, set in a world of poverty and despair where no one can be trusted because people can swap bodies at will.
- This book is very much an adult Hunger Games. The body-jumping element was a bit confusing at first, but Gong is quite detailed about the mechanics of it, so you're soon enough blazing through San-Er with the protagonists as they slash and burn their way to the top.
- I thought it got a little repetitive in the middle (there were a LOT of people to murder), but there are a couple of twists in the second half that literally made me gasp out loud. I'll definitely be reading the next installment.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
sophirv19's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
- 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? It's complicated
4.75
Short review: aaaahhhhhhhh!!!
Longer review: I've never read Chloe Gong before even with the These Violent Delights duology being on my tbr for the longest time but my LORD was this the introduction I wanted.
Immortal Longings follows a scrimmage within a whole city. Imagine The Hunger Games but across the entire span of London, or Shanghai, or New York, plus they're telling the other players where their competitors are. I was a huge fan of the early 2010's era of dystopia that included The Hunger Games and Divergent but this was just so much better in every single way.
I loved Calla in the way that people love the likes of Loki and Deadpool. They're very much not the good guys but you just have a soft spot for them. Calla was well and truly the anti-hero and I loved her for it.
Chloe Gong, please give me book 2 immediately thank you!
Thanks to Netgalley, Hodder and Stoughton, and especially Chloe Gong for writing this ARC.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Gore, and Sexual content