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The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang

mksultra's review against another edition

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4.0

The best in the series so far!! Focused on a shorter time period, and I really cared about the narrator in a way I hadn't before. Rider is cool as always, and Akeha is going by 'they' now! Neato neato, good for them, and a nice callback to the first book where they noted that 'him' didn't quite fit, but fit better than 'she'. Still wish I got more Akeha.

emilybolivia's review

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4.5

I LOVE a story told through artifacts! This one was especially well done.

townsendme's review

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5.0

One of my favorite yet in this series! Loved the mystery format and foul mouthed main narrator

sakeriver's review

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I just love this series. This one was an interesting follow-up to the first two novellas, departing from them both stylistically and in perspective. This one takes the form of an epistolary mystery, and I think it works really well. It seems lately that I’ve read several books and stories in which the POV character is not the main character, and I find that interesting. In any case, I’m very interested to see how this series continues.

loganslovelylibrary's review

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3.0

I thought the format of this novella was interesting and well done. And although the writing was excellent and descriptive, the content was just so gruesome and hard to stomach. The storyline was an interesting look into the politics of the world, but it doesn’t quite seem to fit that well with the previous two novellas. An interesting experimental novella, but not my favorite in the series!

kynan's review

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3.0

TL;DR: I got too excited about reading this series and forgot to review them as I went. Copy/pasting what I wrote for [b:The Black Tides of Heaven|33099588|The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate, #1)|Neon Yang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634814752l/33099588._SY75_.jpg|53763120]: Excellent worldbuilding, intriguing magic system, interesting characters. It's a silkpunk bonanza!

misterkait's review

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4.0

Gosh, these novellas are good. This wasn't what I expected at all, but it flew by and kept me riveted until the very end.

elzabetg's review

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3.0

Meh. I wasnt fond of the style of this one. Mostly diary entries, letters, reports, etc. It didn't seem to add anything to the story told in the first two books. Maybe it wasn't meant to but it seems like all of this book could have been part of another that told a better story.

2.5 stars

tellingetienne's review

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4.0

This novella is written in the form of letters, transcripts, and dairy entries. It was fascinating but kept me wanting more due to the format!

tiashe's review against another edition

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2.0

Lo stile mi piace e anche l’idea di strutturare il romanzo come uno scambio di corrispondenza e in modalità diario non è stata una cattiva idea. Il problema è che, arrivata a questo terzo volume, non me ne frega più niente dei personaggi, che trovo sempre poco sviluppati.
Se nel primo libro la storia sembrava interessante, andando avanti con la saga questo interesse si è ridotto drasticamente. Mi sono veramente annoiata. Leggerò comunque l’ultimo, ma mi aspettavo di più.