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Listen it lost points bc how are you gonna dance around history’s worst atrocities, including the holocaust and then have the main love interests be a Queer Jews man….

But I mean if you just do what I do and pretend that these things never happened in this world and that’s she’s referring to an entirely different made up war. It’s a good book that I think really explores the concepts of what it means to exist and live and be loved.

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

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3.0

It took me longer to get through this novel. The concept of a woman who has eternal life but fails to remain in anyone’s memory is a unique idea. And while I admire that the protagonist’s desire to live is what drives her to sacrifice a lot herself both emotionally and physically to do what is necessary to survive and that a woman’s experience/will to survive/desire to forge her own path in a male-dominated world is of serious importance, I wish the historical aspect had also been explored. In fact, a combination of both the protagonist’s experiences as a woman as well as the historical circumstances surrounding her at the time could’ve been explored to create an even greater dynamic between her and her surroundings. Instead, I felt as if they were mutually exclusive and led to a significantly less involved and stimulating story. Additionally, I felt the places where a deeper historical aspect could’ve been explored was replaced by the complicated relationship and uncalled-for love story between Addie and the god that granted her wish to live forever. I wasn’t on board with the author deciding to engage these two characters in the classic enemies-to-lovers trope as I didn’t feel it rendered anything to the story other than some extra pages, so I wasn’t sold on their storyline.

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