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anna_pardo'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? Yes
3.0
La part apocalíptica trobo que està força ben desenvolupada, sobretot tenint en compte que es va escriure abans de la pandèmia. Les diferents actituds d'enfrontament a la situació dels personatges m'han semblat molt creïbles, i la velocitat en que tot se'n pot anar en orris també.
La part post-apocalíptica m'hauria d'haver agradat més. Trobo que el missatge hopepunk, més evident sobretot al final, no casa amb certes trames a les que inicialment s'hi dona molta importància.
Però el conjunt, no m'ha funcionat. No he entès massa perquè l'autora decideix centrar-se en certs personatges i certes històries, i els salts entre les diferents línies temporals i protagonistes també semblen bastant aleatoris i despenjats del que està passant al nivell principal.
Una llàstima, té molt potencial.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
orchidlilly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Rape, and Excrement
erkhaly'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
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Rape
jillianselene's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Gun violence, Rape, Medical content, and Pregnancy
maddie_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I really enjoy the structure of the book, where you follow characters over time and space.
Loved all the Canadian and especially the Toronto references!
I have a difficult time visualizing some books but thought this book was written in a way that really facilitated visualizing what was happening, being familiar with Toronto also probably helped though.
I also enjoyed the tone of the book, it felt neither overly optimistic or pessimistic in imagining a post-apocalyptic world.
One minor critique is that some of the side characters were difficult to distinguish between.
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
Minor: Rape and Blood
parfait52's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy
danimcthomas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
annaofjesup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
tremayna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent
Written before the 2020 pandemic, this book about a fictional global viral event was disorienting to read in the year 2023, so closely following the eerily parallel events that came to pass in real life. Much of the real life pandemic is still in progress; its effects continue to leave their mark; the process of compartmentalizing memories of things surreal and too big to process without a biweekly therapy plan is still happening. Picking up this book jolted me back into the thick of pandemic thinking, creating a literal sense of disorientation where I was looking around me wondering how people could be sitting so close, maskless, touching everything without thought, when I hadn't seen the world that way in at least a year and a half. For that reason alone, I have to commend the writing. And at the same time, the author's delicate touch and the many moments of human normalcy, in both pre-event and post-event scenes, prevented the complete despair that could have pervaded this story. I felt St John Mandel balanced total devastation with enough possibility to keep the reader believing in the likelihood of meaningful survival without overdoing it and allowing the story to devolve into purely a feel good fantasy.juliahendrickson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail