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teeter2's review
adventurous
reflective
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
readingintheether's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 rounded up.
Feeling super ambiguous about this one. The commentary was a little heavy handed, and I don’t feel like much was resolved by the end, but I didn’t hate it!
Feeling super ambiguous about this one. The commentary was a little heavy handed, and I don’t feel like much was resolved by the end, but I didn’t hate it!
danimal6301's review against another edition
3.0
"Dinosaurs roamed the earth, and no one knows for certain what happened. No, it wasn't plastic that killed them. There was no plastic them.
Yes, people knew that plastic was poison, but they didn't care. They wanted money.
Money was how you collected things and survived.
Collecting things was supposed to be very important.
I don't know why.
I don't know why.
It seemed important at the time."
Yes, people knew that plastic was poison, but they didn't care. They wanted money.
Money was how you collected things and survived.
Collecting things was supposed to be very important.
I don't know why.
I don't know why.
It seemed important at the time."
imjustadow's review against another edition
5.0
i really liked it. felt very grounded and real, the future history is well fleshed out and feels lived in
gcinc's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
cdeane61's review against another edition
3.0
A bleak and all together too believable tale of a future post apocalyptic US.
This should have been an easy read for me, as the subject matter is right up my alley, the story line is well constructed and strong, the characters well defined and the situations what one would expect in this kind of world, but I struggled with it about 1/2 way through.
May have more to do with me and a change in my reading patterns. This was available as an audio book through Scribd and that may have save it for me, as the reading was exceptional.
One fly in the ointment for me is never getting the full story of the whale (introduced on the first page, so no spoilers here) which is a shame
This should have been an easy read for me, as the subject matter is right up my alley, the story line is well constructed and strong, the characters well defined and the situations what one would expect in this kind of world, but I struggled with it about 1/2 way through.
May have more to do with me and a change in my reading patterns. This was available as an audio book through Scribd and that may have save it for me, as the reading was exceptional.
One fly in the ointment for me is never getting the full story of the whale (introduced on the first page, so no spoilers here) which is a shame
anarmandameg's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Car accident, and Abandonment
Minor: Abortion
julieh46's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- 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