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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Started off well and then somewhere around 60% the story lost me. Pushed through but found everyone to be insufferable. Probably the point though.
adventurous
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:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Flawed portrayal of imperial subjugation but impeccable romantic yearning
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
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Reading a pro-colonialism fantasy book with Timothée Chalamet on the cover was not on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are.
This was such a drag to read and put me in a five month reading slump (not entirely the books fault but still). The writing style did not click with me at all, it was just all purple prose that made everything seem more complicated then it actually was. The main character was extremely dislikable and there was a complete lack of interesting and unique world building. I really need to stop reading books because I find the cover pretty. All I got from this experience was an overly complicated but still mind numbing-ly boring plot, annoying characters, a romance which somehow managed to be both way too drawn out and way too rushed at the same time (with a sprinkle of a whole lot of zero chemistry), and it was all tied together with a “omg colonization is soooo cool” ribbon at the end. I’m really starting to dislike my inability to dnf books.
This was such a drag to read and put me in a five month reading slump (not entirely the books fault but still). The writing style did not click with me at all, it was just all purple prose that made everything seem more complicated then it actually was. The main character was extremely dislikable and there was a complete lack of interesting and unique world building. I really need to stop reading books because I find the cover pretty. All I got from this experience was an overly complicated but still mind numbing-ly boring plot, annoying characters, a romance which somehow managed to be both way too drawn out and way too rushed at the same time (with a sprinkle of a whole lot of zero chemistry), and it was all tied together with a “omg colonization is soooo cool” ribbon at the end. I’m really starting to dislike my inability to dnf books.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
I just can't get into it. I'm having a hard time getting invested in Lorelei and her story, and I'm not really drawn in by the world, either. It's pretty clear from the jump that the discrimination against the Yevani is a thinly-veiled metaphor for antisemitism, but I'm not sure I love the way it's being handled here.