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Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

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froagbread's review

fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

1.5

None of the characters were likeable or had any sense of growth, the plot was a jumbled mess at best with little background to the intesne political issues happening in the book. There wasn't enough detail and the story continously jumped from present to past in the middle of paragraphs. The story lacked cohesiveness. While I already typically dislike love-triangles, I absolutely despised the one happening in this story. There was also the very jarring scene of domestic abuse which was also poorly written. So much of the world was made up and based off of other things in real life but there was no explaination as to how these things changed between reality and fiction. Overall, both the story and characters were incredibly poorly written.

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mandkips's review

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adventurous dark fast-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

3.0

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readerette's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I had to let my thoughts percolate a while for this one before reviewing. I wanted to like it. It had promise, but I'm just not sure it ever came through. I did find the romance elements sweet. The magic/fantasy elements and world weren't very detailed, but they were still interesting. However, the character development stopped short of giving me enough to care about them, and the story meandered to nowhere. It is a novella so it makes sense that it wouldn't go too deep, but I love good short stories because they have to be focused on the most important people, moments and details in order to suck you in. This did not measure up, got a little redundant in places (not good when the author only uses so many words to tell the story) and felt unresolved.

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