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The Last Migration by Charlotte McConaghy

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martehjelle's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

such an engaging way to read a book, you really have no idea what will happen throughout once you start it. the lore drop on franny is wild too, girl go to therapy
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colormecaro's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

My existential dread at living in a world where 80% of animal species have gone extinct is through the roof. 
But it was still worth reading this book. 
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exiles's review against another edition

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5.0

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melonbob's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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marykatpat's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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ladynocturnal's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A beautiful story of human connection and finding your place in the world. I loved the characters and writing.
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jourdanicus's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Lovely writing, and I really enjoyed the audio. Frannie... Not the most likeable character, and such a well written example of such. I loved the way the narrative went back and forth in time, it was very smoothly and even at times poetically done. 

Climate change, extinction, suicidal ideation, loss... All very dark themes, yes, but woven together so, so well in this book, and I can forgive the darkness for its ending
on a note of hope
. I don't think the themes were handled with cynicism at all which I really appreciate. 
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book_me's review against another edition

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dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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crisscrossedshelves's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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daisymoffit's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

This book is difficult for me to categorize as something that I enjoyed reading or not- because it simultaneously is so so beautifully and skillfully written; but at the same time it is the Epitome of a "Feel-Bad" book. Insanely impressive writing skills- McConaghy is so skilled in choosing words and creating imagery that makes you feel as if you understand and have felt yourself the scenes and emotions she describes. This definitely though is a book that I wouldn't suggest picking up if you're depressed- it put me in a weird pessimist mood the entire time I was reading it. But as I write that- I also almost want to say that that's a good thing? She definitely makes you feel things, let's just say that. Besides the paradox of appreciating Migrations for being well written, and yet also making me feel worse after finishing it; I would like to say that my main other facet to review would be the nature of the setting. Being set in a not so distant future where humans have overfished and hunted the world into mass extinction was such a scarily probable setting for this book- and I enjoyed reading about that kind of "dystopia", for lack of a better word. Interesting premise. Overall a good book, just very depressing. 
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