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This book was amazing. The world-building is quite immersive and the different points of view lead us to perfectly visualize the author's imagination and what is going on in this chaotic world. I forgot I was reading at times.

However, even though this can not be characterized as a downside, I have to admit some topics can be quite difficult to read about. Not only because they touch on some of our world's current events, but also because they can be triggering depending on the reader's sensitivity and limits.

Which topics did you find harder to read? Which ones did you find extremely similar to some of our world problems?

Without a doubt, the portions I found hard to read were the gruesome deaths of some of the characters. However, I loved how their personalities still shone through, as several of them died trying to help others.
I found the 'artificial intelligence' topic to be similar to present problems as the modern-day world does have some concerns regarding its capabilities.

Aleena Augustine wrote: ↑16 Jan 2024, 08:34 Without a doubt, the portions I found hard to read were the gruesome deaths of some of the characters. However, I loved how their personalities still shone through, as several of them died trying to help others.
I found the 'artificial intelligence' topic to be similar to present problems as the modern-day world does have some concerns regarding its capabilities.

I completely agree! The deaths were a harsh reality and when I connected with some of the characters they would not last that long. However they left with a sense of accomplishment and humanity.

I found that the beginning of the book was the hardest to read. The brutal murders of humans and animals was quite disturbing.

I found the discussion of the s'orne migration and how the Lossavirus developed slowed down the story. It could have been more concise. Learning about black holes and the space/time continuum took away from the action of the current events that were about to occur.

Shirley Ann Riddern Labzentis wrote: ↑19 Jan 2024, 18:43 I found that the beginning of the book was the hardest to read. The brutal murders of humans and animals was quite disturbing.

Exactly! I think they were necessary to create the vision the author intended, but they were so descriptive sometimes that I found it really disturbing as well!

The author really describes the death scenes such that I felt they happened right in front of me. I found it hard to read those part again. For example at the mention of different body part being removed out separately and scenes where it describes how the throat is removed. They are so gruesome. Though I love them for their engaging reading quality but I felt discomfort at the same time.

The beggining of the book came with lots of gory scene. It wasn't that easy to read it.

Personally, I find topics involving excessive violence and highly descriptive scenes of brutality to be challenging to read. While I acknowledge the necessity of portraying the grim consequences of the s'orne invasion from the human perspective in "The Great Migration," it brought to my attention how limited knowledge about our surroundings can cloud our judgment and potentially lead to misguided decisions.

The most brutal part of the book would definitely be the start of the book with a lot of violent death attached to it. It highlights an element of harsh reality to it.

On an emotional level, the part where they "clean" the city from the amount of dead bodies is terrible, it made me think about how cities are left after wars and the surviving civilians have to face this situation and clean it themselves to continue a life there. It was heartbreaking.

The book discusses several topics related to faith, s'orne migration, botai, Lossavirus, and many more I find harder to understand actually. I think I have read those chapters twice.
When Laena was discussing faith in her class she told about the Truths, the Chosen, and the Faithful. I find that a little bit harder to understand.
I was confused when the s'orne attack happened in Guerdon without any prior information.
And more than that when Luta was explaining about botai, s'orne fever, genetic engineering, etc. to Bellona I found that harder to understand. How can s'orne migrate between the worlds?

The deaths were the hardest to read. Many others would have felt the same way. Death. Death. Death. Since no character was safe, it was impossible to root for any character.

Interesting observation. I found the begining of this book very difficult to read. I almost couldnt continue.

When Luta explained the concept of botai, it felt like he was pressuring her to document it, persistently insisting at intervals. The recurring nature of his insistence was kind of annoying. I thought the topic of Lossavisus was like the coronavirus pandemic; topics of artificial intelligence and even gods and religion are relevant to our world.