It’s a good book! I just dropped it because I’m the type of reader to only read one book at a time, and I want to read another book. 

I’ll circle back around to it eventually I promise 🙏

Lost interest but it was a great book! Would finish it when I get the chance.

Lost interest but it was a great book! Would finish it when I get the chance.

Maybe I’ll get back to this one day? This seems like something better read with a physical copy (also what’s up with the incest?)

I didn’t like how one-dimensional some of the antagonistic characters were. Also, it felt like the book was misandristic in its effort to support trans women.

I thought it was frustratingly confusing. 

There were too many details that didn’t advance the plot. In-depth descriptions were included when it wasn’t necessary, and it felt like the writing was dragged down by it. For example, the entirety of the four-paragraph-long prologue was focused on a scavenger’s struggle to pick up a canister from the ocean. The writing went into detail about how the sun glistened against the metal canister and how it drifted in and out on the waves, yet didn’t explain who the scavenger was or why he was picking up the canister in the first place.

The story did not explain the basics of the world before handing you new information to digest. While it was a nice change of pace for the main character to not explain information that they already know, it makes it confusing for the reader, as they’d have to take time to process the information that they received. As more and more information gets introduced, it gets increasingly frustrating to keep up with the story when you’re boggled down by unexplained worldbuilding.

I read this book once before and rated it 3.25 stars ⭐️. I decided to read it again to see if my opinion on it changed. It did! It somehow got worse.

Jeremy is more insufferable than I remember him being which is a big accomplishment. If I had to rate it again now, I’d say I’d give it 0.75 stars ⭐️.