Reviews

This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

flexinchen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed reading this book. It is such a pity that it is not well known trilogy. 

I cant judge nor criticise the elements of the book, for example the technology, cuz I have no idea how accurate or inaccurate or realistic it actually is. 
Personally, it doesnt have to be just as long as I get a plausible explanation, i am content. 

There was quite the plot twist, unfortunately i have read something similar right before this, so to me it was predictable but not right from the start.

To anyone who is plannin  to read the trilogy, I can absolutely recommend it but I would also like to warn you, it has lots of technological elements in it that are explained in detail and well but if you are not a fan of that maybe try something else :)

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Content Warnings

Warning: experiments on children

it is not in too much detail explained but still shouldn't be underestimated

dimitrah's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

I like the science aspect of the book but the story was where fast pace and sometimes it just feels rushed. I wanted to get to know the characters more, have a more slow burn romance. Some parts were even a bit cringe.

wahlagab's review against another edition

3.0

Good YA book with some interesting twists, but like maybe don’t read this during a pandemic? If corona wasn’t a thing, this would 100% be a movie right now.

smateer73's review against another edition

5.0

This book was insane. The plot moves unbelievably fast, and it throws plot twists at you at every turn that you should expect but somehow never do. It will keep you guessing until the very end.

I loved this book. It is a lot darker and more realistic than a lot of sci-fi books nowadays. As an aspiring geneticist, it’s always fascinating for me to imagine what’s truly hidden in our genes. This book explores so many dark possibilities and it’s heart poundingly exciting through and through. I can’t wait to read the next one

linara4522's review against another edition

5.0

I can't this book was SO GOOD
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jennkei's review against another edition

4.0

Quite enjoyed this. Not so sure about that cannibalism element, which was just at the start. ._.

moon_rose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

jen_the_librarian13's review against another edition

5.0

This was amazing. there were so many plot twists that I wasn't expecting. I could barely put it down. I need a sequel now.

nilla_beanie19's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed this book. I liked the overall futuristic aspects of the world. I liked that our main character was a smart, kind of kick ass girl. What I didn't like was how many questions I had at the end. We read this for a book club and when we went over it as a group, we started to dissect the book and it got more and more confusing and gave us more questions. I am hoping that is just because there will be more books and those are where our questions will be answered. I look forward to the next book in the series.

raspberryicedtea's review against another edition

4.0

Insgesamt mochte ich das Buch sehr gerne, die Idee war gut und auch Sachen über's Programmieren oder die Welt selbst wurden gut erklärt. Die Figuren waren mir sehr sympatisch, Cat war richtig toll und man konnte ihren Umgang mit allem sehr gut nachvollziehen.
Allerdings war ich ziemlich schnell von der Liebesgeschichte genervt, zwar hatte ich natürlich nach dem Titel schon damit gerechnet, aber trotzdem hat es für mich nicht in die Geschichte gepasst. Ich wusste nicht so ganz, wozu die überhaupt da war, die Geschichte hätte sehr gut ohne auskommen können und ich hätte mir einiges an Nerven erspart.
Das Ende war überraschend, mit dem Twist hatte ich wirklich nicht gerechnet, aber ich bin jetzt unsicher ob ich noch den zweiten Band lesen will oder es als Einzelband mit offenem Ende lassen will.
Trotzdem kann ich es auf jeden Fall empfehlen.